Egypt 1981 5 pounds Fr-148

from Stack's Bowers 2016 ANA sale, lot 20383

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 20383 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it sold for $1,880. The catalog description^[1] noted, "EGYPT. 5 Pounds, AH 1401 (1981). NGC MS-66. Reported mintage of 1,000 and with a population of two and none finer at NGC. Deep hard mirrored fields and frosty devices. No spots, tone or fog. An appealing example of the issue." This Non-Circulating Legal Tender issue honored the 25th anniversary of the nationalization of the Suez Canal by Nasser. It is accompanied by a gold pound (KM 529).

Recorded mintage: 1,000.

Specification: 26 g, 0.875 fine gold, .726 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-148 (formerly Fr-71); KM-537.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.

Link to:

• 1980 5 pounds, Peace Treaty
• AH 1402/1981 gold pound, centennial of the revolt of Arabi Pasha
• AH 1402/1981 5 pounds, centennial of the revolt of Arabi Pasha
• 1981 5 pounds, Year of the Child
• 1985 5 pounds, Cairo Stadium
• Coins and currency dated 1981
• return to coins of Egypt