Brown and Orange colour scheme Portrait of King Farouk on the Right Mosque of Muhammad Ali on Left Watermark area bottom-centre
Reverse description
Statue of Nilus, Greek deity of the Nile, with 16 children representing 16 branches of the Nile at the time
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Lotus Flower
Obverse lettering
البنك الاهلي المصري
اصدر بمقتضى المرسوم العالى المؤرخ فى ٢٥ يونيو سنة ١٨٩٨
أتعهد بأن أدفع عند الطلب لحامل هذا السند مبلغ خمست جنيهات
مصرية (Translation: National Bank of Egypt Produced based on the decree dated 25th January in the year 1898 I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of Five Egyptian Pounds)
Reverse lettering
National Bank of Egypt
Five Egyptian Pounds
Variants
There exists a very rare variant with rounded edges and an overprint "in silver" (У СРЕБРУ). Only 3 known samples exist, with serial numbers A.059 998, A.059 999 and A.059 000.
