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1 Pound Cairo Opera House
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | المركز الثقافي القومي - دار الأوبرا المصرية |
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Egypt struck this piece to mark the opening of the new Cairo Opera House on the island of Gezira in October 1988 — itself a replacement for the original opera house that burned to the ground in 1971 after being converted into a parking facility following the 1967 war. The new complex was built with Japanese technical and financial assistance, a partnership that generated its own political commentary at the time.
The .875 fineness places it in the traditional 21-karat standard long used for Egyptian gold issues rather than the .900 common to most European commemoratives.