Egypt 2019 pound University

from the Stack's Bowers 2026 NYINC sale, lot 45993

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 45993 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2026), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "EGYPT. Pound, AH 1440/2019. Cairo Mint. NGC MS-66. 100th anniversary of the American University in Cairo issue." Numista shows this design for one pound in gold and hundred pounds in silver (KM 1055) but not this silver one pound.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 15 g, 0.720 fine silver, 35 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM unlisted.

Source:

• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2026 NYINC Showcase Auction, Ancient and World Coins, featuring the Kazmier Wysocki Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.

Link to:

• AH 1437/2015 pound, 70th anniversary of F.A.O.
• AH 1439/2018 25 pounds, Martyrs of Egypt, struck in copper
• AH 1440/2019 pound, centennial of the birth of Anwar Sadat
• AH 1440/2019 5 pounds, centennial of the birth of Anwar Sadat
• Coins and currency dated 2019