Iraq 1972 dinar

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 1421

This specimen was lot 1421 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $960. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAQ: Republic, AR dinar, 1972/AH1392, 25th Anniversary of the Central Bank, with original box of issue, PCGS graded Proof 67." The date palm obverse appears on many coins of the 1967-1990 period. Iraq, long a part of the Ottoman Empire, was seized by the British at the end of World War One but then granted independence under a local monarchy which ruled until 1958. In 1972, Iraq was dominated by a military regime but Saddam Hussein had not yet taken over.

Recorded mintage: 50,000 + proofs.

Specification: 31 g, 0.500 fine silver, 40 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-137.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

Link to:

• AH 1390 (1971) 5 dinars, 50th anniversary of the army
• 1972 25 fils
• AH 1393 (1973) 250 fils, Oil Nationalization Anniversary
• AH 1393 (1973) dinar, Oil Nationalization
• AH 1399/1979 250 fils, International Year of the Child
• Coins and currency dated 1972