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5 Piastres
| Issuer | Arab Republic of Egypt, Ministry of Finance |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Reference(s) | P#190A |
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| Obverse lettering | جمهورية مصر العربية أوراق عملة رسمية خمسة قروش صدر بمقتضى القانون رقم ٥٠ سنة ١٩٤٠ ت/٦ وزير المالية |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark blue and violet with a large central guilloche medallion incorporating the numeral '5' in white reserve, surrounded by elaborate lathe-work borders. An oval blank panel appears at right, mirroring the obverse layout. English inscriptions arc around the lower border, with the issuing authority name in Arabic at the top and bilingual denomination and legal references at centre. |
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Egypt's Ministry of Finance issued small-denomination treasury notes directly — bypassing the National Bank of Egypt entirely — as a matter of long-standing fiscal tradition rather than crisis response. The 5 Piastres series of this period continued that arrangement through the early years of the Second World War, when Allied forces flooded Egypt with personnel and demand for low-value currency spiked sharply. British military presence in Cairo and the Delta put real pressure on small-note supply throughout the early 1940s.
P#190A is distinguished from the related P#190 by its signature combination — a detail that matters considerably for attribution and is frequently misidentified in collections.