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100 Pounds Goddess Bastet
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a bold decorative composition combining bilingual inscriptions in both Latin and Arabic scripts, rendered in an ornate calligraphic style against a plain field. At the upper portion of the field, the date appears in Western numerals (1989) to the left and in Eastern Arabic numerals (١٩٨٩) to the right, flanking a stylized central ornamental motif. The denomination '100 POUNDS' is prominently displayed in the left field in Latin characters, with its Arabic equivalent '١٠٠ جنيه' to the right. The country name 'جمهورية مصر العربية' (Arab Republic of Egypt) is rendered in flowing interlaced Arabic calligraphy across the central and lower field, with the abbreviation 'A.R.E.' inscribed along the bottom in Latin letters. The entire design is encircled by a continuous beaded border. |
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| Mint | Franklin Mint (The Franklin Mint), Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States (1964-date) |
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Egypt's gold commemorative program of the late 1980s drew heavily on pharaonic iconography as the government sought hard-currency revenue from collector markets abroad, particularly in Europe and Japan. These issues were not intended for domestic circulation — the Egyptian pound's troubled exchange rate in that period made gold coin hoarding a criminal offense under then-current currency regulations.
KM#656 is part of a short series revisiting ancient religious subjects, minted at a moment when Egypt was still navigating the economic aftershocks of the 1977 bread riots and subsequent IMF restructuring agreements.