Saudi Arabia AH 1376 2 ghirsh
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This specimen was lot 75479 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, " SAUDI ARABIA. 2 Qirsh, AH 1376 (1957). Cairo Mint. Sa'ud bin 'Abd al-'Aziz. NGC MS-65. Surpassed in the NGC census by just two specimens, this Gem glistens with an abundance of luster and delights with great eye appeal." This type, accompanied by a one ghirsh (KM 40) and a four ghirsh (KM 42), was struck again in AH 1379. In 1963, the coinage was reformed so that 100 halala = one riyal and the ghirsh was dropped.
Recorded mintage: 50,000,000.
Specification: 6 g, copper-nickel, 26.93 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-41.
- 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, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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