Sudan 1981 5 pounds KM-87

Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 76762

This specimen was lot 76762 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $552. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SUDAN. Silver 5 Pounds Piefort, AH 1401/1981. International Year of the Child. PCGS PROOF-69 Deep Cameo. A beautiful and nearly Perfect Piefort issue, with bold alluring brilliance, and deep contrast from the inky fields and frosted devices." The SCWC states a mintage figure of 2,587 for the piedforts, an improbably high number; we quote 85 pieces per Numista. Another five pounds for 1981 was KM 86 (hexagonal for the 25th anniversary of independence).

Recorded mintage: 4,785 + 85 piedforts.

Specification: KM 87: 19.44 g, 0.925 fine silver, 36 mm diameter; KM P17: 38.87 g.

Catalog reference: KM 87, KM-P17 (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.

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• AH 1400/1979 5 pounds, Al-Haram Mosque
• AH 1400/1979 25 pounds, Al-Haram Mosque
• AH 1400/1979 50 pounds, Al-Haram Mosque
• AH 1401/1981 100 pounds, 25th anniversary of independence
• Coins and currency dated 1981