Gambia 1996 200 dalasis
This specimen was lot 2419 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $1,645. The catalog description[1] noted, "GAMBIA. 200 Dalasis, 1996. NGC PROOF-68 ULTRA CAMEO. Endangered wildlife series featuring a stalking male lion. Brilliant and lustrous with no lines or signs of handling. From a mintage of only 1,000 pieces. Hard mirror fields with frosted devices." The Gambia is an English-speaking region wedged inside the French-speaking Senegal. Attempts to unify them have been fruitless. Gambia has issued some circulating coinage sporadically. This NCLT was accompanied by a silver 100 dalasis (KM 45) and gold 1000 dalasis (KM 69).
Recorded mintage: 1,000.
Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine gold, 1.000 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-8; KM-48.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
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- Gambia 1989 1000 dalasis
- Gambia 1996 1000 dalasis
- Coins and currency dated 1996
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