United Arab Emirates 1999 25 dirhams

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3279

This specimen was lot 3279 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $892.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: AR 25 dirhams, 1999, The 25th Anniversary of the First Oil Shipment from Abu Al Bukhoosh Oil Field - Abu Dhabi Emirate, PCGS graded PF66 DC." This NCLT was accompanied by a copper-nickel one dirham (KM 40).

Recorded mintage: 2,000 proofs.

Specification: 20 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-55.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• 1995 500 dirhams, 20th Anniversary, Women's Union
• 1998 50 dirhams, tenth Anniversary of the Higher Colleges of Technology
• 1998 50 dirhams, 50th Anniversary of UNICEF
• 1998 50 dirhams, UNESCO Selection of Sharjah as the Cultural Capital of the Arab World
• 2007 dirham, coffee pot reverse
• Coins and currency dated 1999