Iraq 1980 100 dinars Fr-6

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 57273

This specimen was lot 57273 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $4,800. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAQ. 100 Dinars, AH 1400/1980. PROOF-63 Cameo. On the first anniversary of Saddam Hussein as President." The late and unlamented Saddam Hussein issued this self-glorifying NCLT along with a fifty dinars, one dinar and 250 fils.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 33.93 g, 0.917 fine gold, 1.000 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-6; KM-174.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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 1400/1980 50 dinars, Saddam as president
• AH 1401/1980 100 dinars, 15th century of the Hegira
• AH 1400/1980 100 dinars, Battle of al-Qadisiyyah
• Coins and currency dated 1980