Egypt 1964 10 pounds

Hertage sale 3038, lot 34279

This specimen was lot 34279 in Heritage sale 3038 (Dallas, January 2015), where it sold for $1,997.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "United Arab Republic gold 10 Pounds AH 1384 (1964) UNC. Diversion of the Nile. Mintage of 2,000 pieces." This commemorative honoring the opening of the Aswan Dam was accompanied by a gold five pounds (KM 408) and silver five (KM 404), ten (KM 405), twenty-five (KM 406) and fifty piastres (KM 407). After Nasser's death in 1970, the alliance with Syria was dropped and the country renamed the Arab Republic of Egypt.

Recorded mintage: 2,000.

Specification: 52 g, 0.875 fine gold, 1.462 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 409, Fr-121 (formerly Fr-46).

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 3038, featuring the Empire, the Santa Catarina, the Law and the Santa Maria Collections, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.

Link to:

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• AH 1388/1968 5 pounds, 1400th anniversary of the Koran
• Coins and currency dated 1964
• return to coins of Egypt