Sudan 1978 5 pounds

Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75549

This specimen was lot 75549 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SUDAN. 5 Pounds, AH 1398/1978. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. An near-Perfect issue in terms of strike and technical execution. Incorrectly called Piefort by NGC." 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 ten pounds, a gold twenty-five pounds and fifty pounds.

Recorded mintage: 1,423 proofs plus 2,000 countermarked "B23".

Specification: 17.50 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-76.

Source:

• 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, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• AH 1398/1978 10 pounds, Organization of African Unity
• AH 1398/1978 25 pounds, Organization of African Unity
• AH 1398/1978 50 pounds, Organization of African Unity
• AH 1400/1979 5 pounds, Al-Haram Mosque
• Coins and currency dated 1978