Sri Lanka 1991 500 rupees
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This specimen was lot 2793 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "SRI LANKA: AV 500 rupees, 1991, 5th SAF Games, Colombo, Proof." In 1972, Ceylon dropped its membership in the British Commonwealth and changed its name to Sri Lanka, which name is still in use. This NCLT is one of the few gold coins from that country.
Recorded mintage: 8,000 proofs.
Specification: 1.60 g, 0.500 fine gold, 14 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-1, KM-153.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.
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