Tanzania 1998 10000 shilingi
This specimen was lot 21524 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $1,527.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "TANZANIA. 10,000 Shilingi, 1998. NGC PROOF-69 ULTRA CAMEO. Serengeti Wildlife; Reverse: Lion, Cheetah and Zebra. Hard mirror fields with frosted cameo devices. Brilliant and highly attractive." This NCLT was accompanied by an extensive series of commemoratives, including 50,000 shilingi (5 oz gold), 250 shilingi (silver, KM 57), five different 500 shilingi (silver, KM 43, 48, 49, 50, 51) and nine different 2500 shilingi (silver, KM 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 52, 53, 54, 55).
Recorded mintage: est. 1,000.
Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine gold, 32.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-10; KM-42.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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