Egypt 1989 100 pounds

Heritage sale 363, lot 21655

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 21655 in Heritage sale 363 (New York, January 2005), where it sold for $345. The catalog description noted, "Arab Republic gold 100 Pounds 1989, The Golden Cat, Proof, minor hairlines." The Franklin Mint mark is visible on the reverse but no AH date is present.

Recorded mintage: 7,500.

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

Catalog reference: KM 656, Fr-204 (formerly Fr-122).

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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:

• 1988 50 pounds, Summer Olympics
• 1988 100 pounds, the Golden Warrior
• 1990 100 pounds, Sphinx
• Coins and currency dated 1989
• return to coins of Egypt