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10 Pounds Anwar Sadat
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Weight | 25 g |
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| Obverse lettering | جمهورية مصر العربية ١٤٤٠ ه ١٠ جنيهات ٢٠١٩ م بطل الحرب و السلام |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a right-facing bust of President Anwar Sadat in full military dress uniform, adorned with epaulettes, medals, and decorations rendered in fine relief. To the left of the portrait, the name 'Al-Sadat' appears in stylized Arabic calligraphy above a decorative element. Below the calligraphic inscription, the birth and centennial years '1918' and '2018' are displayed in Latin numerals, superimposed to form a commemorative date monogram. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner border and a square-and-dot patterned outer rim consistent with the obverse. |
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Sadat's appearance on Egyptian commemorative silver is politically loaded in ways that shift depending on the decade. Assassinated in October 1981 by members of Islamic Jihad during a military parade, he remained a polarizing figure domestically for his role in the Camp David Accords — celebrated in the West, deeply contested at home. A 2019 issue suggests a deliberate rehabilitative framing, arriving roughly a decade into the Sisi government's selective reappropriation of mid-century nationalist figures.
The .720 fineness places this squarely in Egypt's established commemorative silver standard rather than the .999 issues common elsewhere — a consistent Central Bank of Egypt choice across multiple modern series.