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1/2 Pound Dar Al Hilal - Abbas Al-Aqqad
| Issuer | Egypt |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | ١٨٩٢ العيد المئوي لدار الهلال ١٩٩٢ نصف دار الهلال جنيه جمهورية مصر العربية ١٤١٣ - ١٩٩٢ (Translation: 100th Anniversary of Dar Al Hilal Publishing House 1892 1992 Half Pound Dar Al Hilal Arab Republic of Egypt 1413 - 1992) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued as part of Egypt's commemorative bullion series honoring Arab literary figures, this piece marks Abbas Mahmoud Al-Aqqad, one of the most prolific intellectuals of the twentieth-century Arab world — a man largely self-educated who nevertheless produced over 100 books spanning poetry, biography, philosophy, and Quranic criticism. The Egyptian Mint's Dar Al Hilal sub-series drew its name from the Cairo publishing house founded in 1892, tying the coin's issuance to a centenary.
Al-Aqqad died in 1964, making this a posthumous tribute nearly three decades after his death.