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5 Lire Italian occupation WWII
| Issuer | Cassa Mediterranea di Credito per l'Egitto |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | CASSA MEDITERRANEA DI CREDITO PER L'EGITTO صندوق البحر المتوسط التسليفي لمصر BUONO PER Cinque LIRE EG. هذا السند يسوى خمسة جنيهات مصرية IL PRESENTE BUONO DEVE ESSERE ACCETTATO IN PAGAMENTO PER IL SUO VALORE NOMINALE من واجب قبول هذا السند في الدفع بالقيمة الاسمية المدونة فيه |
| Reverse description | The centre panel carries a dense guilloche underprint, with the denomination 5 / LIRE EG. repeated in each of the four corners in both Italian and Arabic script. The institution name CASSA MEDITERRANEA DI CREDITO PER L'EGITTO with its Arabic equivalent appears at upper centre, below which BUONO PER / Cinque / LIRE EG. is again set in italic script, while serial numbers occupy plain rectangular panels at lower left and lower right against a lightly patterned ground. |
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The Cassa Mediterranea di Credito per l'Egitto was a purpose-built Italian occupation currency authority, created in anticipation of an Axis conquest of Egypt that never materialized at scale. These notes were printed in Rome in 1942 — the same year Rommel's advance stalled at El Alamein — and were intended to replace Egyptian pounds once Axis forces consolidated control of the Nile Delta.
They never circulated in Egypt in any meaningful volume. The military reversal meant most of the print run remained unissued, which partly explains current availability. The denomination structure — denominated in Lire rather than local currency — reflects how completely the Italians had planned the administrative takeover.