Egypt 1993 50 pounds KM-777

from the Stack's Bowers June 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70666

This specimen was lot 70666 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $840. The catalog description^[1] noted, "EGYPT. 50 Pounds, AH 1414/1993. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. Standing Ramses II. A nearly flawless Proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices." Friedberg renumbered the Egyptian gold coins in the 9th edition and, in the process, lumped all the two dozen issues of the Art Treasures series of 1993-94 under Fr-258, rendering the Friedberg number useless for attribution. We have resorted to the KM number instead.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.50 g, 0.900 fine gold, AGW 0.246 oz.

Catalog reference: Fr-258; KM-777.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

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• AH 1414/1993 5 pounds, Sphinx
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• AH 1414/1993 5 pounds, Serket
• AH 1414/1993 5 pounds, Amulet of Hathor
• AH 1414/1993 5 pounds, Ramses II Statue
• AH 1414/1993 5 pounds, Menkaure Triad
• AH 1414/1993 5 pounds, Symbol of Unification
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• AH 1414/1993 50 pounds, burial mask of Tut Ankh-Amen
• AH 1414/1993 50 pounds, Cleopatra
• AH 1414/1993 50 pounds, Sphinx
• Coins and currency dated 1993