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1401 AH // 1981 CE GOLD KUWAIT 100 DINARS NGC PROOF 68UC

1401 AH // 1981 CE GOLD KUWAIT 100 DINARS NGC PROOF 68UC
1401 AH // 1981 CE GOLD KUWAIT 100 DINARS NGC PROOF 68UC
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Country of Origin: Kuwait

STATE OF KUWAIT

REIGN OF EMIR JABIR III AL-AHMAD AL-JABAH AL-SABAH (1977-2006) - HOUSE OF AL-SABAH

BEGINNING OF THE 15TH HIJRAH CENTURY // 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE

GRADED BY NGC PROOF 68 ULTRA CAMEO

OBV: CIRCULAR BORDER WITH ARABIC SCRIPT AND ENGLISH TEXT BORDER LEGENDS; A VIEW OF THE DOME OF THE ROCK OR AL-AQSA MOSQUE, JERUSALEM.

REV: A VIEW FROM INSIDE THE ARCADE OF THE MASJID AL-HARAM GRAND MOSQUE IN MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA. THE KAABA LEFT, COLLONADE WITH MINARETS AND DOME BEHIND; ARABIC SCRIPT BELOW AND ENGLISH LEGEND "BEGINNING OF THE 15TH HIJRAH CENTURY.

KM # 19

THE HIJRAH OR HEJIRA IS THE MUSLIM CALENDAR WHICH MARKS THE BEGINNING OF ITS DATE WHEN MOHAMMED, WARNED OF AN ASSAINATION PLOT AGAINST HIM, MIGRATED FROM MECCA WITH HIS CLOSEST FOLLOWERS AND TOOK UP RESIDENCE IN THE CITY RENAMED MEDINA (CITY OF THE PROPHET).

THE ADVENT OF A NEW HIJRAH CENTURY MARKS THE OCCASSION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR MUSLIMS TO RENEW THEIR BELIEFS AND COMMITMENTS TO ISLAM.

THIS COIN MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE 15TH HIJRAH CENTURY AND COINCIDED WITH THE 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF KUWAIT'S INDEPENDENCE FROM GREAT BRITAIN (BRITISH PROTECTORATE UNTIL 1961).

100 DINAR COIN CONTAINS 15.98 GRAMS OF .917 FINE GOLD (.4711 OZ AGW)

29 MM IN DIAMETER

ONLY 10,000 MINTED!