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5 Pounds
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1981-1987 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on blue and multicolour underprint. A vignette of the Ahmad ibn Tulun Mosque occupies the centre of the note, rendered in fine line work against the decorative underprint. Issuing authority and denomination inscriptions appear in both Arabic and English. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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The two distinct serial number placements on this series — one above the watermark area, one directly within it — reflect mid-run adjustments at the CBE's own printing works in Cairo, where incremental changes to sheet layout occasionally shifted placement without triggering a new Pick number. The result is a single catalog entry covering four signature combinations and two measurably different serial positions, which matters considerably to specialists building complete runs.
A print run just over twelve million for a six-year span is modest for Egyptian five-pound notes of this period, suggesting this was not the workhorse denomination it later became.