Egypt 1994 5 pounds KM-736

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 74619
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This specimen was lot 74619 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "EGYPT. 5 Pounds, AH 1415/1994. Cairo Mint. PCGS PROOF-69 Deep Cameo. FIFA World Cup USA 1994, Statue of Liberty & Pyramid." This NCLT was interspersed among dozens issued by the regime in 1993-94 to honor ancient Egyptian culture. Many of the designs were also used on gold fifty pounds. The cultural commemoratives were 22.5 g while this one was only 17.5 g.

Recorded mintage: 15,000 proofs.

Specification: 17.5 g, 0.925 fine silver, 37 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-736.

Source:

  • 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, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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