Sharjah 1970 25 riyals
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This specimen was lot 46161 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted, "UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Sharjah. 25 Riyals, AH 1389 (1970). NGC PROOF-67 Ultra Cameo. A brilliant Proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices." The total coinage of this state, now part of the United Arab Emirates, comprises one set of NCLT's issued in 1970, including this one honoring the Mona Lisa. The sheikh was assassinated in 1972, aged 40 years.
Recorded mintage: 6,775 proofs.
Specification: 5.18 g, 0.900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-5; KM-7.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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