Chad 1970 10000 francs
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This specimen was lot 23317 in Heritage sale 3030 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $2,115. The catalog description[1] noted, "Republic gold Proof 10000 Francs (1970) NI, PR64 Ultra Cameo NGC, mirror surfaces with faint handling in the fields, obverse with the bust of General de Gaulle. Struck to mark the 10th year of independence (1960)." Chad, independent since 1960, finds herself stretched across the Sahara and Sahel of Africa. Recurrent droughts stoke ethnic conflicts which periodically erupt into civil war. Recent discoveries of oil enable the ruling elite to retain its hold on power.
Recorded mintage: 4,000.
Specification: 36 g, 0.900 fine gold, 1.041 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 11.
- 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3030, featuring the RLM Collection, the Isaac Rudman Collection, the Hans Cook Collection and the Collection of Donald E. Bently, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
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