Tanzania 1987 shilingi

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from the Stack's Bowers October 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72817
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This specimen was lot 72817 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "TANZANIA. Shilingi, 1987. PCGS SPECIMEN-68 Gold Shield. A brilliantly dazzling and sharply struck Gem, this piece is seemingly flawless and offers steely gray surfaces radiating with luster. Ex: Kings Norton Mint Collection." This type was struck 1987-92. The portrait is of Ali Hassan Mwinyi (b. 1925), who succeeded Nyerere as president and ruled 1985-95.

Recorded mintage: 5,000,000.

Specification: 6.5 g, nickel plated steel, 23.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-22.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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