Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Qirsh Reopening of Suez Canal
| Issuer | Egypt |
|---|---|
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Pound (1916-date) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Egypt issued this piece to mark the reopening of the Suez Canal in June 1975, nearly eight years after the waterway was closed following the Six-Day War in 1967. Israeli forces had occupied the eastern bank throughout that period, and the canal sat unusable — its approaches littered with sunken vessels that had to be cleared by an international salvage operation before traffic could resume. Fourteen ships trapped at the time of closure, the so-called "Yellow Fleet," had sat anchored in the Great Bitter Lake for the entire duration.