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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;princeofwaldo, post: 4680027, member: 24091&quot;]Well that&#039;s interesting, I wonder if they both used the SWAG method (Scientific Wild A** Guess).&nbsp; The commemorative Aswan Dam coins had mintages of 5,000 for the 1960 5 Pound (same weight as the 1957) -- unlisted mintage for the lighter 1964 5 Pound (I believe it is much higher mintage than the 1960 issue based on availability) and only 2,000 coins for the 1964 10 Pound which weighs in at a colossal 1.4629 AGW.&nbsp;&nbsp; Jumping to 1970, the Nasser 5 Pound is listed as 3,000 mintage.&nbsp; There are others in Krause missing the mintage including the 1938 Farouk 500 Piastres, which tends to be much more expensive than the Fuad coins that came earlier, including the 1932 500P that Krause claims only 300 were struck, with an additional 400 struck in 1929.&nbsp; Based just on auction appearances, I would say it is far more scarce than the Farouk issue, but usually hammers for less which doesn&#039;t make any sense aside from the 1938 issues tending to appear in better condition (MS65 is typical vs. no better than MS63 for the earlier Fuad coins).&nbsp; Does anyone know of an Egyptian published catalog that covers this era?&nbsp; Or do you suppose it&#039;s a case of the mint records being destroyed and it&#039;s anyone&#039;s guess how many were struck?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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