Uganda 1975 10 cents

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73612

This specimen was lot 73612 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $180. The catalog description^[1] noted, "UGANDA. 10 Cents, 1975. Kings Norton Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-67 Red Gold Shield. The seldom seen final year of issue for the type, this fully red Gem stands as one of just two graded at this level--the finest--in the PCGS population report. Ex: Kings Norton Mint Collection." This type was struck intermittently 1966-75 and no dates are rare.

Recorded mintage: 14,000,000.

Specification: 5 g, bronze, 24.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 2.

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 June 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• 1968 10 cents
• 1972 5 shillings, East African Crowned Crane
• 1975 pound, Idi Amin/O.A.U.
• Coins and currency dated 1975