Sudan 1978 25 pounds
This specimen was lot 72984 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it sold for $423. The catalog description[1] noted, "SUDAN. 25 Pounds, 1978. PCGS PROOF-66 DEEP CAMEO Secure Holder. Khartoum Meeting of OAU with Countermarks 'B/23' in hexagon and bell between date." 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 silver ten pounds and gold fifty pounds.
Recorded mintage: 467 without countermarks; 350 with countermark.
Specification: 8.25 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM-78; Fr-4.
- 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]Ponterio, Rick, et al., The May 2017 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
Link to:
- Sudan 1977 50 ghirsh 8th anniversary of revolt
- AH 1398/1978 5 pounds, Organization of African Unity
- AH 1398/1978 10 pounds, Organization of African Unity
- AH 1398/1978 50 pounds, Organization of African Unity
- AH 1400/1979 25 pounds, Al-Haram Mosque
- AH 1400/1980 5 ghirsh
- Sudan 1981 100 pounds Fr-7 25th anniversary of independence
- Coins and currency dated 1978
- return to coins of Sudan