Saudi Arabia AH 1376 ghirsh

Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75481

This specimen was lot 75481 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $65. The catalog description^[1] noted, " SAUDI ARABIA. Qirsh, AH 1376 (1957). Lahore Mint. Sa'ud bin 'Abd al-'Aziz. NGC MS-63. Steely gray, exceptionally radiant, and highly Choice." This type, accompanied by a two ghirsh (KM 41) and a four ghirsh (KM 42), was struck again in AH 1378. In 1963, the coinage was reformed so that 100 halala = one riyal and the ghirsh was dropped.

Recorded mintage: 10,000,000.

Specification: 3.2 g, copper-nickel, 22 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-40.

Source:

• 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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