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Stack's Bowers 2025 ANA sale, lot 47646
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This specimen was lot 47646 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Sharjah. 10 Riyals, AH 1389/1970. Karlsruhe Mint. Khalid bin Muhammad al-Qasimi. PCGS PROOF-68 Deep Cameo. Struck to commemorate Simon Bolivar." The total coinage of this state, now part of the United Arab Emirates, comprises one set of NCLT's issued in 1970, including this one honoring Simon Bolivar, who is not known to have ever visited the Middle East. The sheikh was assassinated in 1972, aged 40 years.

Recorded mintage: 3,200.

Specifications: 30 g, 0.999 fine silver, 44 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-5.

Sources:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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