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[[Image:Sudan SB517-72984o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2017 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72984]]
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This specimen was lot 72984 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it sold for $423. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "SUDAN. 25 Pounds, 1978. PCGS PROOF-66 DEEP CAMEO Secure Holder. Khartoum Meeting of OAU with Countermarks 'B/23' in hexagon and bell between date." Sudan obtained independence from [[Great Britain]] and [[Egypt]] in 1956 and began to issue coins soon thereafter. The Christian, black-dominated south has never regarded itself as part of the Arab-dominated north and the resulting conflict has frequently erupted into war. This NCLT was accompanied by a [[Sudan 1978 5 pounds|silver five pounds]], a silver [[Sudan 1978 10 pounds|ten pounds]] and gold [[Sudan 1978 50 pounds|fifty pounds]].

''Recorded mintage:'' 467 without countermarks; 350 with countermark.

''Specification:'' 8.25 g, 0.917 fine gold.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-78; Fr-4. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Rick, et al., ''The May 2017 Collector's Choice Sale,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2017.

''Link to:''
* [[Sudan 1977 50 ghirsh]] 8th anniversary of revolt
* [[Sudan 1978 5 pounds|AH 1398/1978 5 pounds, Organization of African Unity]]
* [[Sudan 1978 10 pounds|AH 1398/1978 10 pounds, Organization of African Unity]]
* [[Sudan 1978 50 pounds|AH 1398/1978 50 pounds, Organization of African Unity]]
* [[Sudan 1979 25 pounds|AH 1400/1979 25 pounds, Al-Haram Mosque]]
* [[Sudan 1980 5 ghirsh|AH 1400/1980 5 ghirsh]]
* [[Sudan 1981 100 pounds Fr-7]] 25th anniversary of independence
* [[Coins and currency dated 1978]]
* return to coins of [[Sudan]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2017 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category: Gold coins of Africa]]