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1 Pound Television
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 1 Pound |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a stylized rendering of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union building (Maspero building), shown as a multi-storey structure with a prominent broadcast tower rising above it, rendered in relief against a plain field. To the upper right, the Arabic numeral '١' (1) appears alongside the denomination legend 'جنيه' (Pound). The circular Arabic legend 'جمهورية مصر العربية' (Arab Republic of Egypt) runs along the upper periphery, while the Hijri year '١٤٣١هـ' and Gregorian year '٢٠١٠م' appear at the lower left and lower right respectively. The coin is bordered by a decorative denticulated inner ring. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Egypt issued this pound in 2010 to mark the sixtieth anniversary of Egyptian state television broadcasting, which launched on July 21, 1960 — timed deliberately to coincide with the eighth anniversary of the 1952 revolution that deposed King Farouk. State television was from its first broadcast an instrument of Nasser's pan-Arab project, and the choice to commemorate it in silver six decades later reflects how foundational that institution remains to Egyptian national identity. The 72% silver alloy is notably low for a commemorative of this class.