Iraq 1979 100 dinars

Heritage sale 3073, lot 33321

This specimen was lot 33321 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $1,620. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Republic gold Proof 'Year of the Child' 100 Dinars AH 1399/1979 PR65 Ultra Cameo NGC." This NCLT was accompanied by a nickel 250 fils (KM 144), silver one dinar (KM 145) and a gold fifty dinars (KM 166).

Recorded mintage: 10,000.

Specification: 26 g, 0.917 fine gold, AGW 0.7665 oz.

Catalog reference: KM 167.

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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019

Link to:

• AH 1395/1975 10 fils F.A.O.
• AH 1398 (1978) 150 dinars, 10th Anniversary of the Revolution
• AH 1399/1979 250 fils, International Year of the Child
• AH 1399/1979 dinar, International Year of the Child
• AH 1401 (1980) dinar, 1400th Anniversary of the Hijra
• AH 1401 (1980) dinar, Battle of Qadisiyyah
• AH 1400/1980 50 dinars, Saddam as president
• AH 1401/1980 100 dinars, 1400th year of the Hegira
• Coins and currency dated 1979
• return to coins of Iraq