Fujairah 1969 100 riyals

from the Stacks Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 20518

This specimen was lot 20518 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FUJAIRAH. 100 Riyals, AH 1388 (1969). NGC PROOF-66 ULTRA CAMEO. Issued to commemorate the Apollo XII mission to the moon. We note that the third astronaut depicted, Alan Bean, died in May this year. A seldom seen modern Middle Eastern type with an interesting American theme." This state, part of the United Arab Emirates, issued a number NCLT's in 1969-71 on dubious authority and then ceased, probably when its contract with the actual mint that produced them ended.

Recorded mintage: 3,040.

Specification: 20.73 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-3; KM-10.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

Link to:

• AH 1388/1969 10 riyals, Apollo XI
• AH 1388/1969 200 riyals, Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi
• Fujairah 1970 50 rials Munich Olympics
• Coins and currency dated 1969
• return to coins of Al Fujairah