Gambia 1983 250 dalasis
This specimen was lot 1359 in Goldberg sale 128 (Los Angeles, June 2022), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "Gambia. 250 Dalasis, 1983. Year of the Scout. Lily and motto. Scarce one year type. NGC graded MS-66." Wikipedia comments, "Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, GCMG (16 May 1924 – 27 August 2019) was a Gambian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1962 to 1970, and then as the first President of the Gambia from 1970 to 1994. The dalasi is the currency of the Gambia that was adopted in 1971. It is subdivided into 100 bututs. It replaced the Gambian pound at a rate of 1 pound = 5 dalasis, i.e. 1 dalasi = 0.2 pound = 4 shillings."
Recorded mintage: 2,000 plus 2,000 proofs.
Specification: 15.98 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.4711 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-2; KM-22.
- 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Stephen Harvey and Vera Liu, Goldberg Sale 128: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2022.
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