Iraq 1982 dinar KM-156

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 2706

This specimen was lot 2706 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $108. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAQ: Republic, dinar, 1982/AH1402, Nonaligned Nations Baghdad Conference, 10-sided, NGC graded MS65." This was issued early in Saddam Hussein's career, before he was denounced as a menace to humanity. Iraqi coinage largely ceased after 1982.

Recorded mintage: unknown but not rare.

Specification: 13.20 g, nickel, 32.8 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-156.

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 1400/1980 250 fils, Saddam Hussein as president
• AH 1401 (1980) dinar, 1400th Anniversary of the Hijra
• AH 1401 (1980) dinar, Battle of Qadisiyyah
• AH 1401 (1980) 50 dinars, Saddam as president
• AH 1401 (1980) 100 dinars, 1400th year of the Hegira
• AH 1401 (1981) dinar, 50th Anniversary of the Iraqi Air Force
• AH 1402/1982 10 fils, restoration of Babel
• AH 1402/1982 500 fils, restoration of Babel
• AH 1402/1982 100 dinars, Non-aligned Nations Conference in Baghdad
• Coins and currency dated 1982