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25 Qirsh President Nasser
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Thickness | 1.2 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | الجمهورية العربية المتحدة ٢٥ قرشا ١٣٩٠ ١٩٧٠ (Translation: United Arab Republic 25 Qirsh 1970 1390) |
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| Mintage | 1390 (1970) - ١٣٩٠ - ١٩٧٠ - 700,000 |
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Gamal Abdel Nasser died on September 28, 1970, just weeks before this commemorative issue entered production — making it one of the few Egyptian coins conceived as a tribute to a living leader and released as a memorial. Egypt struck the piece in the immediate aftermath of his death, during a period of genuine national grief that followed the exhausting conclusion of the War of Attrition with Israel. The .720 silver standard had been Egypt's benchmark for commemorative issues through the late Nasser years, a deliberate step down from the finer silver used in earlier decades as foreign exchange pressures mounted.