Uganda 1975 pound

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, lot 23821

This specimen was lot 23821 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $750. The catalog description^[1] noted, "UGANDA. Pound, 1975. PCGS MS-65. Struck to commemorate the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Obverse displaying portrait of president Idi Amin. Sharply struck and brilliant. From the Collection of Dr. James Eustace Bizzell, II."

Recorded mintage: 2,000.

Specification: gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-5; KMX-3.

Source:

• 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.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Unusual World Coins, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

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