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10 Milliemes FAO
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Currency | Pound (1916-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the denomination '١٠' (10) in large Eastern Arabic numerals at the centre of the field, with the word 'مليمات' (Milliemes) below. The circular legend 'جمهورية مصر العربية' (Arab Republic of Egypt) arcs across the upper portion of the field. The Hijri year '١٤٠٠' appears to the right and the Gregorian year '١٩٨٠' to the lower left. A decorative floral or arabesque ornament occupies the lower portion of the field, and the entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a rural girl kneeling and facing right, reading from a scroll or book, with pigeons positioned before her and a tractor visible behind. The background composition includes the pyramids to the left, palm trees and traditional countryside dwellings to the right, and a rising sun at the top centre. The legend 'تقدم الفتاة الريفية' (Progress of the Rural Girl) appears in the field, accompanied by the 'FAO' logotype, referencing the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation series. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner border consistent with the obverse. |
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Egypt's 1980 FAO coinage was part of a coordinated United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization campaign that ran through dozens of member nations during the 1970s and 1980s, each country issuing low-denomination pieces tied to specific agricultural development themes. Egypt's participation reflected the Sadat government's heavy investment in rural modernization following the economic liberalization policies — Infitah — introduced after 1974, which redirected foreign capital into agricultural infrastructure along the Nile Delta.
Aluminium bronze was the standard FAO-program choice for Egypt's millieme denominations throughout this period, keeping production costs low enough that the coins could genuinely circulate at face value.