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5 Pounds GEM- Ramesses II Hanging Obelisk
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Weight | 17.5 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the stylized geometric logo of the Grand Egyptian Museum, rendered as a bold black triangular pyramid form with a superimposed rhombus, bearing the museum's Arabic name in calligraphic script within. To the right of the emblem, the Latin legend 'GRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM' appears in three lines. The Arabic legend 'جمهورية مصر العربية' (Arab Republic of Egypt) arcs along the upper periphery in naskh script. The Hijri date '١٤٤٧ هـ' appears to the right and the Gregorian date '٢٠٢٥ م' to the left within the field, with the denomination '٥ جنيهات' (5 Pounds) inscribed along the lower portion of the field. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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The GEM — Grand Egyptian Museum — opened its doors in full in 2023 after two decades of construction delays and cost overruns, positioned deliberately beside the Giza plateau to house the largest collection of Pharaonic antiquities ever assembled under one roof. This coin is part of Egypt's ongoing series celebrating the museum's permanent collection. Ramesses II's obelisks are among the most geographically scattered objects of the ancient world; the one originally from Luxor Temple now stands in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, shipped to France in 1833 under a negotiated exchange that Egypt arguably got the worse of.