Biafra 1969 pound Fr-7
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This specimen was lot 70171 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "BIAFRA. Pound, 1969. NGC PROOF-67 Cameo. Issued for the 2nd Anniversary of Independence. An attractive Proof with mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices." The suppression of the Biafran revolt was carried out with the maximum destruction of property and life and the region is today part of Nigeria.
Recorded mintage: 3,000.
Specification: 3.99 g, 0.917 fine gold, AGW: 0.1178 oz.
Catalog reference: Fr-5; KM-7.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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