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5 Piastres
| Issuer | Egyptian Government |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in purple on a pale green guilloche underprint, with the denomination numeral '5' in each upper corner and lotus-column ornaments flanking the central text area. A vignette at the lower centre portrays a desert caravan of camels and figures in profile, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The date '1ST JUNE 1918' appears in both Western and Hijri numerals above the manuscript signature of the Minister of Finance, with bilingual legends in English and Arabic filling the upper and lower registers. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in blue, with a dense symmetrical guilloche background forming an elaborate central vignette of two confronting Sphinxes resting on plinths, flanking a central octagonal rosette bearing the numeral '5'. Two stylised lotus flowers rise above the outer edges of the composition, and the denomination appears in both English and Arabic within a titled panel at the top. The numeral '5' with 'PIASTRES' is repeated in the lower left corner and its Arabic equivalent in the lower right, set within ornamental frames. |
| Reverse lettering | FIVE PIASTRES خمسة قروش صاغ |
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