Egypt 1976 pound KM-453

from the Stack's Bowers 2026 NYINC sale, lot 45983

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 45983 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2026), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "EGYPT. Pound, AH 1396/1976. Cairo Mint. NGC MS-68. F.A.O. issue." This specimen was issued as part of the F.A.O. series. Egypt issued an entire series of F.A.O. coins, ranging from five milliemes to one pound. On the obverse, the god Osiris presides over the wheat harvest. A similar design appeared on a ten miliemes.

Recorded mintage: 50,000.

Specification: 15 g, 0.720 fine silver, 35 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-453.

Source:

• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2026 NYINC Showcase Auction, Ancient and World Coins, featuring the Kazmier Wysocki Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• AH 1396/1976 10 milliemes, F.A.O.
• AH 1396/1976 10 piastres, Reopening of the Suez Canal
• AH 1396/1976 gold pound, death of Faisal bin Abdulaziz
• AH 1396/1976 gold pound, death of Umm Kulthum
• AH 1396/1976 5 pounds, death of Faisal bin Abdulaziz
• AH 1397/1977 pound, F.A.O.
• Coins and currency dated 1976