Egypt 1979 pound KM-490

from the Stack's Bowers 2025 ANA sale, lot 46352

This specimen was lot 46352 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $264. The catalog description^[1] noted, "EGYPT. Pound, AH 1399 (1979). Cairo Mint. PCGS PROOF-68 Cameo. National Education Day issue." This NCLT was accompanied by a copper-nickel ten qirsh (KM 486) struck for circulation.

Recorded mintage: 98,000 plus 2,000 proofs.

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

Catalog reference: KM-490.

Source:

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

Link to:

• AH 1396/1976 pound, death of Faisal bin Abdulaziz
• Egypt 1979 5 milliemes
• Egypt 1979 10 milliemes
• 1979 5 piastres, International Year of the Child
• AH 1399/1979 10 piastres, National Education Day
• AH 1399/1979 pound, Land Reform Bank
• AH 1399/1979 5 pounds, Land Reform Bank
• Coins and currency dated 1979