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1 Pound The Prophet's Mosque
| Issuer | Egypt |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Value | 1 Pound |
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| Obverse lettering | المؤتمر العالمي الرابع للسنة النبوية والسيرة جمهورية مصر العربية الازهر صفر ١٤٠٦ه نوفمبر ١٩٨٥ م (Translation: Fourth International Conference for the Holy Sunna and Sira 1 LE Arab Republic of Egypt AL Azhar Safar 1406 November 1985) |
| Reverse description | Central design features a detailed frontal view of the Prophet's Mosque (Al-Masjid an-Nabawi) in Medina, showing its distinctive green dome, flanking minarets, and ornate architectural facade rendered in high relief. A crescent moon occupies the upper left field. A circular Arabic Quranic legend encircles the design along the periphery, contained within a denticulated border consistent with the obverse. The composition is rendered in a highly stylized yet recognizable architectural style. |
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Issued as part of Egypt's long-running Islamic Architecture gold series, this piece commemorates Al-Masjid an-Nabawi in Medina — a site under Saudi administration, which made Egyptian state coinage honoring it a minor but deliberate gesture of pan-Islamic solidarity during a period when Egypt was still diplomatically isolated following the Camp David Accords.