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5 Pounds Egyptian Parliament
| Issuer | Egypt |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Currency | Pound (1916-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features an ornate calligraphic composition in Arabic thuluth script, flanked by two circular medallions bearing additional Arabic inscriptions in the upper field. A stylized finial or torch-like device rises above the central calligraphy, lending a decorative architectural quality to the design. The Arabic legend identifying the denomination and issuing authority is rendered in two lines across the center of the field. The Hijri date 1405 and the Gregorian date 1985 appear in Eastern Arabic numerals along the lower field, separated by a space. |
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| Obverse lettering | خمسة جنيهات جمهورية مصر العربية ١٤٠٥ ١٩٨٥ (Translation: Five Pounds Arab Republic of Egypt 1405 1985) |
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Issued to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Egyptian parliament, which traces its origins to the Legislative Assembly established under British occupation in 1913. That body had no real legislative power — it could only advise the khedive's government — making the anniversary being celebrated here something of a polite fiction about Egyptian self-governance.
The .720 silver fineness was a deliberate choice for Egyptian commemoratives of this period, matching the composition used across several 1980s issues rather than the finer silver common to earlier Egyptian commemoratives.