Iraq 1990 10 dinars
This specimen was lot 1381 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $1,904. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAQ: Republic, 10 dinars, 1990/AH1411, "Victory Arch" Monument in Baghdad above palm tree, cleaned, EF, RRR. Rare issue not released into circulation and struck at the Sudan Mint House, Khartoum." In 1991, Saddam Hussein embarked on his ill-fated attempt to invade and conquer Kuwait, whereupon economic sanctions would have limited his ability to contract with foreign mints for coinage. Besides this ten dinars, the SCWC reports a 50 fils (KM 128), a 250 fils (KM 147), and a 5 dinars (KM 171) for 1990 but nothing thereafter.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: bronze.
Catalog reference: KM-172, Schön-78.
- 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 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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