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5 Piastres
| Issuer | Egyptian Currency Note |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Reference(s) | P#172 |
| Obverse description | At right, an intaglio vignette of Queen Nefertiti in left-facing profile is set within a fine-line border frame. Arabic inscriptions naming the issuing authority and denomination occupy the centre, with serial numbers rendered in both Arabic-Indic and Western numerals along the lower margin. A guilloche overprint covers the area at left formerly bearing the King Farouk portrait watermark, applied to remaining stock following Egypt's declaration of a republic. |
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| Reverse lettering | جمهورية مصر / EGYPTIAN CURRENCY NOTE / ISSUED UNDER LAW No. 50/1940 / MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMY / 5 PIASTRES / SURVEY OF EGYPT |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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