Catalog
10 Piastres
| Issuer | Egyptian Government |
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| Year | 1916-1917 |
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| Currency | Pound (1916-date) |
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| Obverse description | Green on tan and light green underprint, with an intricate guilloche border framing the entire note. The denomination numeral '10' appears in the upper left and lower left corners, with the title 'EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT CURRENCY NOTE' in English across the top, mirrored by Arabic text reading 'الحكومة المصرية السلطانية أوراق عملة رسمية'. The decree date in both English and Arabic Hijri calendar is printed in the centre, flanked by the serial number and prefix, with the signature of the Minister of Finance below. |
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| Obverse lettering | EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT CURRENCY NOTE ISSUED UNDER DECREE TEN PIASTRES MINISTER OF FINANCE الحكومة المصرية السلطانية أوراق عملة رسمية عشرة قروش صاغ وزير المالية |
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Egypt's 10 Piastres note of 1916–17 was issued under British occupation, with the Egyptian Government nominally responsible but financial policy firmly directed by the British administration. Yusuf Wahba, whose signature appears on these notes as Minister of Finance, was a Coptic Christian politician who served in that role during a period of considerable political awkwardness — nominally serving a Khedival government that was itself nominally independent of a Britain then fighting a world war on multiple fronts simultaneously.
De La Rue produced the series in London during active wartime, which affected paper quality and supply schedules across their entire colonial contract portfolio in this period.