Egypt 1984 100 pounds

from Stack's Bowers 2016 ANA sale, lot 22275

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 22275 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it sold for $1,410. The catalog description^[1] noted, "EGYPT. 100 Pounds, AH 1404 (1984). NGC PROOF-69 ULTRA CAMEO. Cleopatra VII. One of the better 100 Pound types with only 2,121 struck. An immaculate example with no spots, tone or fog." This type is one of a series of commemorative hundred pound gold coins issued 1983-92.

Recorded mintage: 2,121.

Specification: 17.15 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-199 (formerly Fr-117); KM-562.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
• 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.

Link to:

• Egypt 1983 100 pounds
• 1984 piastre
• 1984 10 piastres - Muhammad Ali Mosque
• Egypt 1985 100 pounds
• Coins and currency dated 1984