Myanmar 1998 5000 kyat
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This specimen was lot 8010 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $2,280. The catalog description[1] noted, "MYANMAR. 5000 Kyat, 1998. PCGS PROOF-70 Deep Cameo. Struck for the Year of the Tiger. A technically perfect Proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices." This lunar calendar issue was accompanied by three silver 500 kyat (KM 52, 53 and 54), a gold 2,000 kyat (KM 55) and a gold 300 kyat (KM A51).
Recorded mintage: 5,798 proofs.
Specification: 15.55 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.500 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-11; KM-56.
- 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, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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