Iraq 1980 100 dinars Fr-19
This specimen was lot 1060 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAQ: Republic, AV 100 dinars, 1980/AH1400, Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, bust of Saddam Hussein, Proof, RR." Wikipedia comments, "The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah (Arabic: مَعْرَكَة ٱلْقَادِسِيَّة, romanized: Maʿrakah al-Qādisīyah; Persian: نبرد قادسیه, romanized: Nabard-e Qâdisiyeh) was fought in 636 CE between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Sasanian Empire. It occurred during the early Muslim conquests and marked a decisive victory for the Rashidun army during the Muslim conquest of Persia." Saddam, of course, was not fighting the Sassanians but the Shiite regime in Iran. We don't know why the SCWC includes the one dinar in its regular listings but consigns this one to the Unusual World Coins.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 38 g, 0.917 fine gold, 1.120 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-19, KMX-M2.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- 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.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
Link to:
- AH 1401/1980 250 fils, Saddam Hussein as president
- AH 1401/1980 dinar, 1400th Anniversary of the Hijra
- AH 1400/1980 dinar, Battle of al-Qadisiyyah
- AH 1401/1980 50 dinars, Saddam as president
- AH 1401/1980 100 dinars, 1400th year of the Hegira
- AH 1400/1980 100 dinars, Saddam as president
- Coins and currency dated 1980