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1 Pound Egyptian Air Force Day
| Issuer | Egypt |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Arabic (naskh) |
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| Reverse lettering | انهم فتية امنوا بربهم وزدناهم هدى العيد الخمسينى للقوات الجوية |
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Egyptian Air Force Day commemorates October 14, 1973, when the Air Force struck Israeli positions in Sinai during the opening phase of the Yom Kippur War — a campaign Egyptian military doctrine has since treated as a foundational modern victory. These commemorative pound issues from the 1990s were produced by the Egyptian Mint in Abbasia and typically saw limited secondary circulation, finding their way primarily into domestic presentation sets rather than commerce.