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5 Piastres
| Issuer | Egyptian Government Currency Note |
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| Year | 1940 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Violet note with a right-side vignette of the bust of Queen Nefertiti in profile, set within a plain panel. The centre carries the denomination in Arabic script (خمسة قروش) in large letterpress text, flanked by the numeral 5 in upper corners. Arabic inscriptions at top read the issuer name and official title; below the central text appears the legal authority reference and year 1940 in Arabic. Two serial numbers appear at lower left and lower right, with signature lines at left for the Minister of Treasury (وزير الخزانة) above a guilloche underprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | الجمهورية العربية المتحدة أوراق عملة رسمية خمسة قروش صادرة بمقتضى القانون رقم ٥٠ سنة ١٩٤٠ وزير الخزانة |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown, the reverse is dominated by two large scallop-edged guilloche rosettes of different sizes occupying the left and right fields, with the numeral 5 and the word PIASTRES inscribed within the left rosette. A central panel carries the bilingual inscription ISSUED UNDER LAW No. 50/1940 and EGYPTIAN CURRENCY NOTE in English, with the Arabic issuer name above; a facsimile signature of the Minister of Treasury appears below the central text. |
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