Sudan 1978 10 pounds
This specimen was lot 72378 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[1] noted, "SUDAN. 10 Pounds, AH 1398//1978. NGC PROOF-67 Ultra Cameo. Countermarks variety. Struck in commemoration of the meeting of the Organization of African Unity (O.A.U) in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. An impressive proof striking with bold frost on the designs and highly mirror-like fields. While limited, a few traces on tone are observed around the designs on both sides." Sudan obtained independence from Great Britain and Egypt in 1956 and began to issue coins soon thereafter. The Christian, black-dominated south has never regarded itself as part of the Arab-dominated north and the resulting conflict has frequently erupted into war. This NCLT was accompanied by a silver five pounds, a gold twenty-five pounds and fifty pounds.
Recorded mintage: 21 + 1,417 proofs + 2,000 countermarked proofs.
Specification: 35 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-77.
- 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 October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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