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10 Piastres Flag with two stars
| Issuer | Egyptian Ministry of Treasury |
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| Year | 1958-1960 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated at right by an intaglio vignette of figures raising the two-starred UAR flag, executed in fine line engraving. At centre, an ornate guilloche rosette carries the denomination in Arabic numerals, with the United Arab Republic title panel in Arabic arched above and the Minister of Treasury signature and title in Arabic script below. Serial number and series prefix notations appear at upper and lower left, within a foliate scrollwork border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark green and pink, centred on the bold numeral '10' set within a radiating sunburst guilloche underprint in pink, with the legend 'EGYPTIAN CURRENCY NOTE' arched above and 'ISSUED UNDER LAW 50/1940' on a ribbon below. A large intricate oval guilloche medallion occupies the left panel, with corner denomination numerals '10' in pink throughout, all enclosed within an elaborate scrollwork and acanthus foliate border; the printer's imprint 'SURVEY OF EGYPT' appears at the bottom margin. |
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Egypt abolished the monarchy in 1952, but it took six years for the currency to fully shed its royalist imagery. This issue — bearing the flag of the newly declared United Arab Republic — reflects the brief political union between Egypt and Syria that began in February 1958, which is precisely why the two-star flag appears here rather than the single-star design used in earlier republican notes.
Survey of Egypt, the state cartographic and printing authority, had produced Egyptian banknotes domestically since the early twentieth century. Two finance ministers signed across this series in sequence: Hassan Abbas Zaky from inception through October 1958, then Salah Eldin through mid-1960 — making signature attribution the primary tool for dating individual specimens within the P#177 run.