Egypt 1994 5 pounds KM-825

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Stack's Bowers May 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 74587
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This specimen was lot 74587 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "EGYPT. 5 Pounds, AH 1415/1994. Cairo Mint. PCGS PROOF-69 Deep Cameo. Egyptian Gazelle." This NCLT was struck 1993-94. This NCLT is 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 animal shown is either the rhim gazelle (Gazella leptoceros) or more likely the dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas). The first is found only in the remote desert while the second was formerly common along the Nile.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 22.5 g, 0.999 fine silver, 38 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-825.

Sources:

  • 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, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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