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Revision as of 15:50, 2 August 2021
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, .875 fine gold, .726 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-148 (formerly Fr-71); KM-537.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
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