Iraq 1980 50 dinars Fr-7

Stephen Album sale 37, lot 1686

This specimen was lot 1686 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $1,547. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAQ: AV 50 dinars, 1980/AH1400, commemorating the First Anniversary of Saddam Hussein's Presidency, NGC graded PF61 UC, R." This fifty dinars accompanied a gold hundred dinars honoring Saddam. At the time, Saddam had U.S. support in his opposition to the ayatollahs in Iran. Iraqi coinage essentially ceased 1982-90.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 16.97 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.5002 oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-7, KM-173.

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 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• AH 1399/1979 250 fils, International Year of the Child
• AH 1399/1979 dinar, International Year of the Child
• AH 1399/1979 100 dinars, International Year of the Child
• AH 1400/1980 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 100 dinars, 1400th year of the Hegira
• AH 1400/1980 100 dinars, Saddam as president
• AH 1400/1980 100 dinars, Battle of al-Qadisiyyah
• AH 1402/1982 100 dinars, Non-aligned Nations Conference in Baghdad
• Coins and currency dated 1980