Saudi Arabia, pound, undated (1947), U.S. MINT PHILADELPHIA, eagle, rev. CONTAINS .2354 TROY OZS FINE GOLD (KM.35), certified and graded by NGC as Mint State 62
*ex Heritage Auctions, January 2017.
Struck in the USA in Philadelphia, it was issued to pay the Saudi Arabian government for oil rights. Sold with papers from the National Archives, detailing a rejected proposal for this coin to be struck as a sovereign in South Africa.
(800-1200 GBP)