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10 Pounds Military Production
| Issuer | Egypt |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Arabic (naskh) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a dynamic scene of an ancient Egyptian war chariot drawn by a galloping horse, with an archer at full draw rendered in a relief style evoking pharaonic military imagery. An Arabic inscription in kufic script arches across the upper field, commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Military Production. The Gregorian date 'October 2004' appears in the lower exergue area. |
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Egypt's military-themed gold issues of the early 2000s were produced by the Egyptian Mint in Abbasia, which has operated under direct Ministry of Defence jurisdiction since the 1950s — an arrangement that makes Egypt unusual among Arab states in keeping its mint within the military bureaucracy rather than the central bank. The KM#986 issue sits within a collector series rather than a circulating program, produced in limited quantities for the domestic and Gulf gift market.
At .875 fineness, this follows the historic 22-karat standard Egypt maintained through the colonial period, inherited from Ottoman monetary practice.