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5 Pounds Anwar Sadat
| Issuer | Egypt |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the denomination numeral ٥ (5) in large Arabic-Indic script, flanked by the Hijri year ١٤٤٠ to the right and the Gregorian year ٢٠١٩ to the left. Below the numeral, the denomination legend جنيهات (Pounds) appears in bold Arabic script, with the commemorative inscription بطل الحرب والسلام (Hero of War and Peace) arching along the lower field. The legend جمهورية مصر العربية (Arab Republic of Egypt) runs along the upper periphery in stylized Arabic script. The entire design is framed by a decorative beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic/Latin |
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Anwar Sadat was assassinated on 6 October 1981 while reviewing a military parade marking the eighth anniversary of the October War — shot by soldiers from his own army who opposed the 1979 peace treaty with Israel. Egypt issued commemorative gold in his honor for decades afterward, a pointed irony given that the treaty cost him his life but eventually earned Egypt the return of the Sinai Peninsula.
The .875 fineness places this squarely in the older Egyptian crown gold tradition rather than the .999 fine issues that dominate modern commemorative programs.