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[[Image:Egypt 1980 10 pounds rev Heritage 440-50693.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]
 
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This specimen was lot 50693 in Heritage sale 440 (Long Beach, May 2007), where it sold for $977.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Republic gold 10 Pounds 1980, choice BU, Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty."  This is the first issue from [[Egypt]] of this denomination. There was a concurrent issue of gold five pounds ([[Egypt 1980 5 pounds Fr-66|KM 517]]), gold pound ([[Egypt 1980 pound Fr-67|KM 509]]), silver pound ([[Egypt 1980 pound KM-508|KM 508]]) and copper-nickel 10 piastres (KM 504).
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This specimen was lot 50693 in Heritage sale 440 (Long Beach, May 2007), where it sold for $977.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Republic gold 10 Pounds 1980, choice BU, Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty."  This is the first issue from [[Egypt]] of this denomination. There was a concurrent issue of gold five pounds ([[Egypt 1980 5 pounds Fr-143|KM 517]]), gold pound ([[Egypt 1980 pound Fr-67|KM 509]]), silver pound ([[Egypt 1980 pound KM-508|KM 508]]) and copper-nickel 10 piastres (KM 504).
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 950 plus 50 proofs.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 950 plus 50 proofs.
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* [[Egypt 1980 pound KM-508|1980 silver pound, Peace Treaty]]
 
* [[Egypt 1980 pound KM-508|1980 silver pound, Peace Treaty]]
 
* [[Egypt 1980 pound Fr-67|1980 gold pound, Peace Treaty]]
 
* [[Egypt 1980 pound Fr-67|1980 gold pound, Peace Treaty]]
* [[Egypt 1980 5 pounds Fr-66|1980 5 pounds, Peace Treaty]]
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* [[Egypt 1980 5 pounds Fr-143|1980 5 pounds, Peace Treaty]]
 
* [[Egypt 1988 100 pounds]]
 
* [[Egypt 1988 100 pounds]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1980]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1980]]

Revision as of 14:54, 2 August 2021

Heritage sale 440, lot 50693
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 50693 in Heritage sale 440 (Long Beach, May 2007), where it sold for $977.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Republic gold 10 Pounds 1980, choice BU, Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty." This is the first issue from Egypt of this denomination. There was a concurrent issue of gold five pounds (KM 517), gold pound (KM 509), silver pound (KM 508) and copper-nickel 10 piastres (KM 504).

Recorded mintage: 950 plus 50 proofs.

Specification: 40 g, .875 fine gold, 1.1254 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 519, Fr-142 (formerly Fr-65).

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.
  • [1]Tucker, Warren, and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 440: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2007.

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