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Egypt - 5 Pounds 1969 - 1978 - UNC
Egypt – 5 Pounds 1969 – 1978 – UNC
Obverse: Black on blue and multicolour underprint. Ahmad ibn Tulun Mosque at centre right.
Lettering:
البنك المركزى المصرى
خمسة جنيهات مصرية
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جنيهات
Translation:
Central Bank of Egypt
Five Egyptian Pounds
Reverse: Hapi, the Ancient Egyptian god of the annual flooding of the river Nile, bearing offerings to the right, the ruins of the funerary temple of Pharaoh Ramses II (the Ramesseum) to the left. Upper and lower friezes depicting daily life in Ancient Egypt.