Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
100 Pounds
| Issuer | National Bank of Egypt |
|---|---|
| Year | 1913-1919 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 100 Pounds |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Cairo Citadel and mosque rendered in intaglio within a rectangular frame, flanked by large numeral '100' panels at left and right. The heading 'NATIONAL BANK OF EGYPT' arches across the top in bold letterpress, with bilingual Arabic and English text blocks carrying the promise-to-pay legend and decree inscription. Guilloche underprint in green and violet tones frames the composition, with 'Governor' signature line and 'FOR THE NATIONAL BANK OF EGYPT' inscription at lower right. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Reverse printed as a plain unprinted paper surface with no design elements, bearing a perforated 'SPECIMEN' overprint at lower centre, consistent with a specimen note presentation. No vignette, text, or guilloche ornamentation is present on this side. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The National Bank of Egypt was established in 1898 as a private institution with a British-dominated board, and its early high-denomination notes circulated almost exclusively among foreign merchants, colonial administrators, and financial institutions — not among the Egyptian public. A 100-pound note in this period represented roughly a year's wages for most Egyptians, making retail circulation essentially theoretical.
Bradbury Wilkinson held the printing contract for the series through the First World War years, during which shipping printed currency from London to Cairo carried genuine logistical risk. The date range on this type spans a politically turbulent stretch ending just before the 1919 Revolution.