Egypt 1983 100 pounds

Heritage sale 363, lot 21654

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 21654 in Heritage sale 363 (New York, January 2005), where it sold for $431.25. The catalog description noted, "Arab Republic gold 100 Pounds 1983, choice Proof. Queen Nefertiti." This type is one of a series of commemorative hundred pound gold coins issued 1983-92.

Recorded mintage: 16,000.

Specification: 17.15 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.4963 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-198 (formerly Fr-116), KM 550.

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.

Link to:

• AH 1403/1982 gold pound, 50th anniversary of the air force
• Egypt 1984 100 pounds Cleopatra
• Coins and currency dated 1983
• return to coins of Egypt