Egypt 1978 pound KM-480

from the Stack's Bowers 2026 NYINC sale, lot 45984

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 45984 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2026), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "EGYPT. Pound, AH 1398/1978. Cairo Mint. NGC MS-68. 50th Anniversary of Portland Cement." The anniverdary commemorated here is that of the Tourah Portland Cement Company, one of the largest manufacturers of cement in Africa. It is now owned by Italcementi. Large public works, and the graft and corruption that goes with, are not possible without a ready supply of concrete.

Recorded mintage: 50,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM-480.

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 1397/1977 pound, F.A.O.
• AH 1398/1978 10 milliemes, F.A.O.
• AH 1398/1978 5 piastres, F.A.O.
• AH 1398/1978 pound, F.A.O.
• AH 1399/1979 10 milliemes
• AH 1399/1979 pound, F.A.O./International Year of the Child
• Coins and currency dated 1978