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5 Piastres
| Uitgever | Egyptian Government Currency Note |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1940 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Violet note with a right-side vignette of the bust of Queen Nefertiti in profile, set within a plain panel. The centre carries the denomination in Arabic script (خمسة قروش) in large letterpress text, flanked by the numeral 5 in upper corners. Arabic inscriptions at top read the issuer name and official title; below the central text appears the legal authority reference and year 1940 in Arabic. Two serial numbers appear at lower left and lower right, with signature lines at left for the Minister of Treasury (وزير الخزانة) above a guilloche underprint. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Printed in brown, the reverse is dominated by two large scallop-edged guilloche rosettes of different sizes occupying the left and right fields, with the numeral 5 and the word PIASTRES inscribed within the left rosette. A central panel carries the bilingual inscription ISSUED UNDER LAW No. 50/1940 and EGYPTIAN CURRENCY NOTE in English, with the Arabic issuer name above; a facsimile signature of the Minister of Treasury appears below the central text. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Egyptian Government Currency Notes of this period existed specifically to fill the gap left by the withdrawal of small-denomination coins from circulation — metal was a war material, and by 1940 the demands on copper and nickel made coin production a low priority. The Survey of Egypt, a cartographic and scientific institution, had been pressed into banknote production decades earlier and by this point was a reasonably accomplished security printer despite its unusual institutional origins.
P#180A is distinguished from the closely related P#180 by its signature combination — a detail that matters disproportionately given how similar these wartime small notes appear on cursory inspection.