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10 Qirsh Corrective Revolution
| Issuer | Egypt |
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| Year | 1980-1981 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | جمهورية مصر العربية ١٠ قروش ١٤٠٠ ١٩٨٠ (Translation: Arab Republic of Egypt 10 Qirsh 1980 1400) |
| Reverse description | A large raised clenched fist rising from the lower field dominates the design, flanked on either side by olive or grain branches symbolising prosperity and strength. To the lower left, the commemorative date '١٥ مايو ١٩٧١' (15 May 1971) is inscribed, while the legend 'ثورة التصحيح' (Corrective Revolution) appears to the lower right. The lower portion of the field features horizontal lines suggestive of agricultural land, and the design is enclosed within a finely beaded border. |
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The "Corrective Revolution" referenced on this coin marks Anwar Sadat's internal coup of May 1971, in which he purged the Arab Socialist Union of Nasserist hardliners and pro-Soviet factions — consolidating power less than a year after succeeding Nasser. Sadat reframed the event as a corrective rather than a coup, and its commemoration on circulating coinage through the late 1970s and into the early 1980s served his ongoing effort to distinguish his regime ideologically from his predecessor's.
The coin was still being struck the year Sadat was assassinated — October 1981.