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25 Piastres
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1961-1966 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue on multicolour underprint. The U.A.R. eagle arms vignette occupies the right portion of the note, set within an ornate arched frame with decorative column motifs. A central guilloche rosette in green and red anchors the face, overlaid with Arabic denomination text and the date inscription. The bank title in Arabic script runs along the top banner, with denomination numerals in circular cartouches at upper left and lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in blue intaglio on a plain ground. The central vignette consists of an elaborate multilobed guilloche medallion enclosing the English denomination inscription in three lines within a rectangular frame, flanked by symmetrical rosette ornaments at left and right. The issuing authority title runs in a bold serif letterpress panel at the top, with numeral "25" repeated in the side rosette cartouches. |
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Bradbury Wilkinson handled Egyptian currency printing through much of the mid-twentieth century, and the P#35 series reflects that long working relationship. The 25-piastre denomination sat at a genuinely useful value in daily Egyptian commerce during the early 1960s — low enough for routine transactions, but printed on the same security substrate Bradbury Wilkinson used for higher-value issues in the series.
Two signature combinations are recorded: El-Refay paired with Zendo. Collectors should note that signature pairings on this type do affect scarcity, with some combinations considerably harder to source than others.