Sudan 1978 50 pounds
This specimen was lot 74659 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "SUDAN. 50 Pounds, AH 1398//1978. PCGS PROOF-69 Deep Cameo. Variety with hexagon and bell countermarks between dates. Struck to commemorate the Khartoum Meeting of O.A.U. Deeply mirrored, with areas of bright reddish toning." 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 25 pounds.
Recorded mintage: 11 pcs Uncirculated plus 211 proofs w/o countermarks plus 350 proofs with countermarks.
Specification: 17.5 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.5159 troy oz gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-3; KM-79.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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