Niger 1960 10 francs
This specimen was lot 5931 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €320 (about US$414 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NIGER, Republik. 10 Francs 1960, auf die Unabhängigkeit. 2,88 g Feingold. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung PF 64 ULTRA CAMEO (6631943-008). GOLD. Nur 1.000 Exemplare geprägt. Polierte Platte. (republic of Niger, ten francs of 1960, for independence. Only 1,000 examples struck, proof, graded NGC PF-64 ULTRA CAMEO.)"
Niger is a poverty-stricken former French colony on the edge of the Sahara desert in Africa. This coin was issued in a set which included KM 2 (25 francs), KM 3 (50 francs), KM 4 (100 francs), KM 5 (500 francs) and KM 6 (1000 francs). Niger has no circulating coinage, using the CFA franc for daily transactions.
Recorded mintage: 1,000 proofs.
Specification: 15 g, .900 fine gold, .434 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 1, Fr-4.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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