Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Pound National Bank of Egypt 100th Anniversary
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
|---|---|
| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The bold numeral '100' dominates the central field, commemorating the centenary of the National Bank of Egypt, with the zero digits incorporating the bank's logo emblem. Above, the Arabic inscription 'البنك الأهلى المصرى' (National Bank of Egypt) is flanked by the dual founding and centenary dates '1898 ١٨٩٨' and '1998 ١٩٩٨' in both Latin and Arabic numerals. The legend 'NATIONAL BANK OF EGYPT' is inscribed in Latin characters along the lower periphery. The overall design is rendered in a modern commemorative style with clean, bold typography. |
| Reverse script | Arabic (naskh), Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The National Bank of Egypt was founded in 1898 under a concession granted by the Khedival government, initially operating as a private institution with British capital — it would not become fully state-controlled until the nationalizations of the Nasser era, decades later. This 1998 commemorative marks exactly a century from that founding.
Egypt's commemorative silver program of the 1990s leaned heavily on .720 fineness rather than the .999 issues common elsewhere, a domestic standard with roots in mid-century Egyptian coinage practice.