Catalog
1 Pound
| Issuer | National Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1914-1924 |
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| Currency | Pound (1916-date) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue and red on white paper, the obverse carries the bold header "NATIONAL BANK OF EGYPT" across the top, above a central text panel with the promise to pay legend in both English and Arabic, set against an elaborate red guilloche underprint. A tall vignette at left illustrates an Egyptian temple ruin framed by palm trees, while arabesque cartouches at lower left and right bear the denomination "جنيه مصري" (one Egyptian pound) in Arabic numerals, with additional value numerals in the upper corners. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in dark green on a pale yellow-orange guilloche underprint, the reverse is dominated by a central ornate cartouche enclosing the Arabic inscription "البنك الاهلى المصرى" (National Bank of Egypt) in large script. The denomination numeral "1" appears in the upper centre within an intricate engraved frame, flanked by symmetrical arabesque vignettes and rosette guilloche panels, with the imprint "BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO. LD ENGRAVERS, LONDON" along the lower margin. |
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| Signature(s) | 1914-1920 / 05.10.1915 - Rowlatt 1923-1924 - Hornsby |
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