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10 Piastres Flag with three stars
| Issuer | Egyptian Ministry of Finance |
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| Year | 1952-1958 |
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| Size | 117 × 61 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | EGYPTIAN CURRENCY NOTE ISSUED UNDER LAW 50/1940 10 PIASTRES MINISTER OF FINANCE & ECONOMY SURVEY OF EGYPT |
| Signature(s) | watermark: pyramids - Abdul Gueleel El Emary (1954) watermark: pyramids - Abdel Hamid El Sherif (4/1954 - 8/1954) watermark: pyramids - Abdel Moneim El Kaissouny (8/1954 - 1956) |
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Egypt's monarchy fell in July 1952, and the transitional period before the republic was formally declared in June 1953 produced exactly this kind of administrative ambiguity — Ministry of Finance small notes continuing under bureaucratic momentum while the political ground shifted entirely beneath them. The three-star flag motif on this series marked the short-lived republican symbolism before Nasser's United Arab Republic redesigns swept it away.
Three signatories appear across the issue's run, with Abdel Hamid El Sherif's tenure lasting a mere four months. The Survey of Egypt, operating continuously since the early nineteenth century, handled production entirely in-house — one of the few countries where the national mapping authority doubled as the banknote printer.