Egypt 1980 5 pounds Fr-143

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Goldberg sale 90, lot 3444
photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

This specimen was lot 3444 in Goldberg sale 90 (Los Angeles, January 2016), where it sold for $969.37. The catalog description[1] noted, "Egypt. 5 Pounds, 1980. Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated." There was a concurrent issue of gold pound (KM 509), gold ten pounds (KM 519), silver pound (KM 508) and copper-nickel 10 piastres (KM 504). Despite all the turmoil in the Middle East in the subsequent decades, Egypt and Israel are still at peace.

Recorded mintage: 2,375 plus 125 proofs.

Specification: 26 g, 0.875 fine gold, 0.7267 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-143 (formerly Fr-66); KM-517.

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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 90: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2016.

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