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10 Piastres Orange center
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance, Arab Republic of Egypt |
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| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | جمهورية مصر العربية عشرة قروش وزير المالية أوراق عملة رسمية صدرت بمقتضى القانون رقم ٥٠ سنة ١٩٤٠ |
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| Reverse lettering | THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT CURRENCY NOTE ISSUED UNDER LAW 50/1940 10 PIASTRES MINISTER OF FINANCE |
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Egypt's 10 Piastres denomination had effectively become a rounding artifact by the mid-2000s — purchasing power so eroded that the note functioned more as change-making convenience than meaningful currency. The Ministry of Finance, rather than the Central Bank of Egypt, retained issuing authority over the small denominations precisely because they were treated as fractional instruments rather than monetary policy tools.
A print run of just over 12 million is modest by Egyptian standards, where higher denominations routinely run into the hundreds of millions. That relatively tight figure suggests a targeted replenishment rather than a general issue.