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10 Piastres light-blue center
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance, Arab Republic of Egypt |
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| Year | 1998-1999 |
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| Currency | Pound (1916-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue-grey, orange, and light blue tones, with an intricate guilloche border framing the entire design. A central light-blue guilloche rosette underprint carries the Arabic denomination legend, flanked on the right by an oval vignette of the Great Sphinx of Giza with the Pyramids of Giza visible in the background. An oval panel to the left accommodates the Minister of Finance's signature alongside the date, with Arabic inscriptions at top and bottom panels. |
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| Signature(s) | M. Elghareeb, Minister of Finance |
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Egypt's small-denomination Ministry of Finance notes occupied a peculiar institutional niche — the Central Bank handled the major currency, while the Ministry retained authority over fractional issues, a division dating back to Egyptian postal and treasury note traditions from the early twentieth century. By the late 1990s, these low-value piastre notes were functionally marginal, surviving in circulation largely for small retail transactions and public transport fares while coinage of equivalent value existed simultaneously.
Pick 189A is distinguished from its near-identical siblings primarily by the light-blue center tint — a chromatic variant used to differentiate print runs rather than denominations. Signature of M. Elghareeb as Minister of Finance places the issue precisely within a narrow window of his tenure.