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5 Pounds Fencing
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central field depicts two fencers in dynamic mid-bout posture, rendered in a stylized artistic manner reminiscent of ancient Egyptian relief carving, facing one another with foils engaged. The figures are set upon a ground line within an elaborate decorative border of floral and foliate arabesque motifs encircling the entire field. Below the ground line, the Arabic legend الألعاب الأولمبية ٢٥ (The 25th Olympic Games) is inscribed in naskh script. The overall composition successfully blends pharaonic artistic convention with the modern Olympic theme. |
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Issued as part of Egypt's Olympic series ahead of the Barcelona Games, this piece commemorates fencing at a moment when Egyptian fencers carried genuine international weight — Egyptians had won Olympic fencing medals as far back as 1928, and the national team remained competitive through the latter half of the twentieth century. The .900 silver composition and relatively modest mintage kept most examples out of circulation entirely, with the bulk absorbed by collectors at issue.