Kuwait 1976 2 dinars

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3855

This specimen was lot 3855 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "KUWAIT: Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 1965-1977, AR 2 dinars, 1976, 15th Anniversary of the National Day - conjoined busts of the first & second Emirs, Proof." Oddly, this coin celebrating the independence of a Muslim nation does not bear an AH date.

Recorded mintage: 70,000 proofs plus 53,000 struck in sterling silver.

Specification: KM 15: 28.28 g, 0.500 fine silver, 38.6 mm diameter; KM 15a: as KM 15, except 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-15 or KM-15a.

Source:

• 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 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• AH 1396/1976 fils
• AH 1401/1981 5 fils
• AH 1401/1981 10 fils
• AH 1401/1981 50 fils
• AH 1401 (1981) 100 dinars, the beginning of the 15th century AH
• AH 1401/1981 100 dinars, 20th National Day
• Coins and currency dated 1976