Djibouti 1996 250 francs
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This specimen was lot 2914 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $156. The catalog description[1] noted, "DJIBOUTI: AV 250 francs, 1996, History of Navigation, NGC graded PF66 UC." The Republic of Djibouti is the former French Somaliland, acquired in 1839 from provincial sultans, and made into a French colony in 1896. The area received its independence from France in 1977.
Recorded mintage: unknown but proof only.
Specification: 1.24 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.040 troy oz AGW, 13.95 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-36.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.
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