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* [[Biafra 1969 shilling KM-3|1969 "ONE" shilling]] | * [[Biafra 1969 shilling KM-3|1969 "ONE" shilling]] | ||
* [[Biafra 1969 crown|1969 crown]] | * [[Biafra 1969 crown|1969 crown]] | ||
| + | * [[Biafra 1969 pound Fr-7|1969 gold pound]] | ||
* [[Biafra 1969 2 pounds|1969 2 pounds]] | * [[Biafra 1969 2 pounds|1969 2 pounds]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1969]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1969]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2021 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category: Gold coins of Africa]] | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2021 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category: Gold coins of Africa]] | ||
Revision as of 11:09, 22 August 2022
This specimen was lot 70171 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "BIAFRA. Pound, 1969. NGC PROOF-67 Cameo. Issued for the 2nd Anniversary of Independence. An attractive Proof with mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices." The suppression of the Biafran revolt was carried out with the maximum destruction of property and life and the region is today part of Nigeria.
Recorded mintage: 3,000.
Specification: 3.99 g, 0.917 fine gold, AGW: 0.1178 oz.
Catalog reference: Fr-5; KM-7.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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