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10 Pounds
| Issuer | National Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1931-1951 |
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| Printer | Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd., New Malden, Surrey, England |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of tall date palms rendered in fine intaglio engraving dominates the composition; to the left, an oval vignette portrays a rural agricultural scene with a farmer, ox-drawn plough, and Nilotic landscape. A large blank oval at right serves as the watermark window, flanked by intricate guilloche cornerpieces bearing the denomination numeral 10 and the Arabic pound sign. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Bradbury, Wilkinson produced this high-denomination series across two decades and four signature regimes, a span that covers the full sweep of British wartime administration in Egypt and its messy aftermath. The Nixon signature period (1940–1945) coincides directly with Egypt's role as the principal Allied base in North Africa — the pound came under severe inflationary pressure during those years as military expenditure flooded the local economy.
Leith-Ross, who signed the 1947–1950 issues, was the same Frederick Leith-Ross who had served as Britain's chief economic adviser and negotiated wartime financial arrangements across multiple territories. His appearance on an Egyptian note is a reminder of how tightly the National Bank remained within the British orbit even after the war.