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10 Pounds National Bank of Egypt
| Issuer | National Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Weight | 20 g |
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| Obverse description | The central field features a raised circular cartouche enclosing the Arabic numeral denomination '١٠' (10) above the Arabic legend 'جنيهات' (Pounds), set against a contrasting recessed background. The Arabic legend 'جمهورية مصر العربية' (Arab Republic of Egypt) arcs along the upper periphery in naskh script, flanked on either side by the dual dating in Eastern Arabic numerals: the Hijri year '١٤٤٤هـ' to the left and the Gregorian year '٢٠٢٣م' to the right. The Latin initials 'NBE' appear prominently in raised block letters across the lower field, identifying the issuing institution. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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The National Bank of Egypt, founded in 1898 under British occupation as a private institution with note-issuing privileges, was not a central bank in the modern sense — that role eventually passed to the Central Bank of Egypt upon its establishment in 1961. Commemorative silver issues carrying the NBE name draw on that founding history rather than any current monetary authority.
The .720 silver fineness places this squarely in the tradition of mid-century circulation silver, though here applied to a commemorative. That alloy was the Egyptian standard for circulating silver coinage through much of the twentieth century.