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1 Pound Silver Jubilee of Television, Gold issue
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#580, Schön#301, Fr#91 |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | ١٩٦٠ ١٩٨٥ (Translation: 1960 1985) |
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Egypt's state television, launched in 1960, was among the first broadcasting services in Africa and the Arab world. The 25th anniversary fell during a period of aggressive commemorative coin output under the Mubarak government, which used precious-metal issues partly as foreign currency earners. This gold pound belongs to a broader run of similar-format pieces from the mid-1980s, most struck in limited quantities for collector export rather than domestic circulation.