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100 Pounds
| Issuer | National Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1948-1951 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a mosque with dome and minaret in an architectural engraving set against a warm ochre background, flanked by two large circular guilloche panels bearing the denomination numeral '100' at left and a plain watermark reserve at right. The entire composition is framed by an ornate geometric border in violet. |
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| Signature(s) | 1948-1950 - Leith-Ross |
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Bradbury Wilkinson printed this series at their New Malden works under contract to the National Bank of Egypt, an arrangement that had roots going back decades — Egypt's high-denomination notes had long been produced abroad, a structural dependency that sat uncomfortably with the nationalist politics building through the late 1940s. Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, whose signature appears on issues through 1950, was a British Treasury official serving as financial adviser to the NBE, a posting that itself reflected how thoroughly British interests remained embedded in Egyptian monetary administration even after nominal independence.
The 100-pound note was not a note ordinary Egyptians encountered. At that denomination, circulation was narrow — largely interbank settlement and large commercial transactions.