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| Issuer | Egypt |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Weight | 2 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic (tughra) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Pattern coins from Egypt's early 1990s period reflect the Central Bank's extended deliberations over a coinage reform that ultimately took years longer than planned to implement. This particular 1 Qirsh trial was never adopted — the denomination itself was effectively moribund by 1991, its purchasing power having been hollowed out by decades of inflation.