Yemen 1969 5 riyals

Stack's Bowers June 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72722

This specimen was lot 72722 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $528. The catalog description^[1] noted, "YEMEN. 5 Riyals, 1969. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. Struck to commemorate Qadhi Mohammed Mahmud Azzubairi Memorial. A nearly perfect example of this elusive issue that seldom appears on the market." The photo in the SCWC is another coin entirely, dated 1981. Many of these obscure NCLT commemoratives were ignored until recently and many sold at bullion or below.

Recorded mintage: unknown but all proofs.

Specification: 4.90 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.1418 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-16; KM Y-6.

Source:

• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.

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