United Arab Emirates 1998 50 dirhams KM-37

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3278

This specimen was lot 3278 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $261.80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: AR 50 dirhams, 1998/AH1419, The 50th Anniversary of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), PCGS graded PF69 DC."

Recorded mintage: 25,000 proofs.

Specification: 27.50 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-37.

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 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• 1995 500 dirhams, 20th Anniversary, Women's Union
• 1998 50 dirhams, tenth Anniversary of the Higher Colleges of Technology
• 1998 50 dirhams, UNESCO Selection of Sharjah as the Cultural Capital of the Arab World
• 1999 25 dirhams, First Oil Shipment from Abu Al Bukhoosh Oil Field
• Coins and currency dated 1998