Egypt 1980 pound KM-510
This specimen was lot 74382 in Stack's Bowers May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $109. The catalog description[1] noted, "EGYPT. Pound, AH 1400/1980. Cairo Mint. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo." Other one pound NCLT's for 1980 included KM 508 (peace treaty, silver), KM 509 (peace treaty, gold), KM 511 (Doctor's Day), KM 512, KM 513 (F.A.O.), KM 514, KM 515, KM 516. This one honors applied professions in Egypt. Depicted are potters, stonecarvers, masons, blacksmiths, pavers, leatherworkers and other artisans. The design was also used on a copper-nickel five qirsh (KM 501).
Recorded mintage: 22,000 plus 3,000 proofs.
Specification: 15 g, 0.720 fine silver, 35 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-510.
- 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, May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.
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- AH 1400/1980 5 pounds, Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty
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- AH 1401/1981 gold pound, 3rd anniversary of the reopening of the Suez Canal
- AH 1402/1981 gold pound, centennial of the revolt of Arabi Pasha
- AH 1402/1982 pound, 50th Anniversary of the Egyptian Products Co.
- AH 1403/1982 gold pound, 50th anniversary of the air force
- AH 1404/1984 pound, Helwan University, Faculty of Fine Arts
- Coins and currency dated 1980