Egypt 1974 5 pounds

Stephen Album sale 37, lot 1905

This specimen was lot 1905 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $1,428. The catalog description^[1] noted, "EGYPT: AV 5 pounds, 1974/AH1393, commemorating the war against Israel, which took place on 6 October 1973 (10 Ramadan AH1393), Brilliant Unc, ex Gamal Amer Collection."

Recorded mintage: 1,000 proofs.

Specification: 26 g, 0.875 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM-444, Fr-129 (formerly Fr-53).

Source:

• 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 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

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• AH 1393/1973 5 milliemes
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• AH 1393/1973 5 piastres, 75th anniversary of the National Bank of Egypt
• AH 1393/1973 silver pound, Aswan Dam
• AH 1393/1973 gold pound, 75th anniversary of the National Bank of Egypt
• AH 1393/1973 5 pounds, 75th anniversary of the National Bank of Egypt
• AH 1394/1974 10 piastres, Yom Kippur War
• AH 1396/1976 10 piastres, Reopening of the Suez Canal
• AH 1396/1976 pound, death of Faisal bin Abdulaziz
• AH 1396/1976 5 pounds, death of Faisal bin Abdulaziz
• Coins and currency dated 1974