Egypt 1979 pound KM-489

from the Stack's Bowers 2026 NYINC sale, lot 45985

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 45985 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2026), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "EGYPT. Pound, AH 1399/1979. Cairo Mint. NGC MS-68. F.A.O. and International Year of the Child issue." This commemorative was accompanied by a copper-nickel five qirsh (KM 484) struck for circulation.

Recorded mintage: 47,500 plus 2,500 proofs.

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

Catalog reference: KM-489.

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 1398/1978 pound, F.A.O.
• AH 1398/1978 pound, 50th Anniversary of Tourah Portland Cement
• AH 1399/1979 5 milliemes
• AH 1399/1979 10 milliemes
• AH 1399/1979 5 piastres, International Year of the Child
• AH 1399/1979 10 piastres, National Education Day
• AH 1399/1979 pound, National Education Day
• AH 1399/1979 pound, Land Reform Bank
• AH 1399/1979 5 pounds, Land Reform Bank
• 1980 gold pound, Peace Treaty
• 1980 5 pounds, Peace Treaty
• Coins and currency dated 1979