Egypt 1976 pound Fr-131

Stephen Album sale 37, lot 1906

This specimen was lot 1906 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $446.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "EGYPT: AV pound, 1976/AH1396, bust of Faisal bin Abdulaziz, who was king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 until he was assassinated on 25 March 1975, Brilliant Unc, ex Gamal Amer Collection." This NCLT was accompanied by KM 457 (silver pound) and KM 459 (gold 5 pounds).

Recorded mintage: 8,000 proofs.

Specification: 8 g, 0.875 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM-458, Fr-131 (formerly Fr-55).

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:

• AH 1393 (1973) gold pound, 75th anniversary of the National Bank of Egypt
• 1974 5 pounds, Yom Kippur War
• AH 1396/1976 10 milliemes
• AH 1396/1976 10 piastres, Reopening of the Suez Canal
• AH 1396/1976 gold pound, death of Umm Kulthum
• AH 1396/1976 5 pounds, death of Faisal bin Abdulaziz
• 1979 5 pounds, Land Reform Bank
• Coins and currency dated 1976