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This specimen was lot 72017 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $384. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Iraq|IRAQ]]. 5 Para, AH 1231 (1815). Governor Sa'id Pasa. NGC VF-30. Variety with governor's name inside octogram. A well detailed and wholesome circulated coin with some roughness to the edges (as made)." The SCWC says the governor was beheaded for issuing this coin. | This specimen was lot 72017 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $384. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Iraq|IRAQ]]. 5 Para, AH 1231 (1815). Governor Sa'id Pasa. NGC VF-30. Variety with governor's name inside octogram. A well detailed and wholesome circulated coin with some roughness to the edges (as made)." The SCWC says the governor was beheaded for issuing this coin. | ||
Revision as of 20:14, 26 August 2021
This specimen was lot 72017 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $384. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAQ. 5 Para, AH 1231 (1815). Governor Sa'id Pasa. NGC VF-30. Variety with governor's name inside octogram. A well detailed and wholesome circulated coin with some roughness to the edges (as made)." The SCWC says the governor was beheaded for issuing this coin.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-85.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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