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1 Pound Museum of Egyptian Antiquities
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | جمهورية مصر العربية ١ جنيه ١٤٢٣ ٢٠٠٢ (Translation: Arab Republic of Egypt 1 Pound 2002 1423) |
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| Reverse script | Arabic/Latin |
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The Egyptian Museum in Cairo — the institution commemorated here — was founded in 1902, making this coin a centennial issue. The museum's collection had previously been housed in Boulaq and then briefly at Giza before the purpose-built Tahrir Square building opened, a facility designed by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon after an international competition in 1895. At the time of this issue, the museum held over 120,000 objects, a figure that had long overwhelmed the building's original storage capacity.