Sudan 1979 5 pounds

Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 76756

This specimen was lot 76756 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SUDAN. Silver Piefort 5 Pounds, AH 1400/1979. PCGS SPECIMEN-68. An elusive Piefort issue with a bold lustrous beauty and deep violet toning throughout. Supremely impressive and most charming." This silver five pounds accompanied a gold 25 pounds (KM 82) and a gold 50 pounds (KM 83). Patterns exist in gold, aluminum (KM E13) and copper (KM E9, E14, P6, P13).

Recorded mintage: 7,500 + 5,000 proofs + ten piedforts.

Specification: KM 80: 17.5 g, 0.925 fine silver; KM P7: 35 g.

Catalog reference: KM-80, KM-P7 (piedfort).

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 5 pounds, Organization of African Unity
• AH 1400/1979 25 pounds, Al-Haram Mosque
• AH 1400/1979 50 pounds, Al-Haram Mosque
• AH 1401/1981 5 pounds, International Year of the Child
• Coins and currency dated 1979