UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)
PRESIDENCY OF SHEIK ZAYED bin SULTAN al-NAHYAN, EMIR & HAKIM (PRINCE & RULER) OF ABU DHABI
ISSUED TO COMMEMORATING THE 5th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UAE
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 66
OBV: 3/4 RIGHT PORTRAIT OF ZAYED bin SULTAN al-NAHYAN; TWO LINES OF ARABIC CALLIGRAPHIC SCRIPT ABOVE AND DENOMINATION IN ARABIC BELOW.
REV: AL-HIJRI ABOVE GREGORIAN ANNIVERSARY DATES CENTER WITH TWO -LINES OF ARABIC CALLIGRAPHIC SCRIPT ABOVE AND TWO LINE ENGLISH LEGEND BELOW "FIFTH ANNIVERSARY" "THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES".
KM # 13
DEPICTED ON THE OBVERSE OF THIS COIN, SHEIK ZAYED, EMIR OF ABU DHABI (REIGNED 1966-2004), WAS THE PRINCIPAL DRIVING FORCE AND THE FIRST RAIS, or PRESIDENT, OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AT ITS FORMATION BY THE RULERS OF THE FORMER TRUCIAL STATES IN 1971. HE WOULD BE RE-ELECTED FOUR MORE TIMES BY THE SIX OTHER EMIRS TO REIGN A TOTAL OF 33 YEARS (1971-2004).
CONTAINS 39.94 GRAMS OF .917 FINE GOLD (1.1775 OZS AGW)
40 MM IN DIAMETER
12,500 MINTED!
