Guinea 1970 1000 francs

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 1685

This specimen was lot 1685 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GUINEA: AV 1000 francs, 1970, commemorating the 10th Anniversary of Independence in 1968, heads of John and Robert Kennedy on the obverse, in the original wallet of issue, Proof." The regime had this and several other NCLT's made in 1970 but has issued little coinage since.

Recorded mintage: 6,600 for 1969-70.

Specification: 4 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-4; KM-17.

Source:

• 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

Link to:

• 1969 1000 francs, John and Robert Kennedy
• 1970 200 francs, John and Robert Kennedy
• 1970 2,000 francs, Apollo XIII
• 1970 2,000 francs, Soyuz
• 1970 5,000 francs, pharoah Chephren
• 1970 5,000 francs, Nefertiti
• 1970 10,000 francs, 10th anniversary of independence
• Coins and currency dated 1970