Kuwait 1991 50 dinars

Goldberg sale 91, lot 2383

photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

This specimen was lot 2383 in Goldberg sale 91 (Los Angeles, June 2016), where it sold for $881.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Kuwait. 50 Dinars, 1991 NGC PF67 UC. First Anniversary - Liberation Day. Building. NGC graded Proof 67 Ultra Cameo Gold Wings." This was issued on the first anniversary of Kuwait's liberation from the clutches of Saddam Hussein and was probably distributed to higher ranks of the allied forces. A silver five dinars also exists. The SCWC consigns it to the Unusual World Coins and it is not mentioned in Friedberg. It does not bear a denomination or a Muslim date.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 16.96 g, 0.917 fine gold, .500 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM-X16.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 91: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2016.

Link to:

• 1986 50 dinars, 25th anniversary of Kuwaiti independence
• AH 1407 fils
• AH 1407 5 fils
• AH 1407 10 fils
• AH 1407 20 fils
• AH 1407 50 fils
• AH 1407 100 fils
• 1996 50 dinars
• 1996 50 dinars, 5th anniversary of liberation
• Coins and currency dated 1991
• return to coins of Kuwait