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5 Pounds Giza Zoo
| Issuer | Egypt |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 1411 (1991) - ١٤١١ - ١٩٩١ - 5,000 |
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Issued to mark the centennial of the Giza Zoological Gardens, which opened in 1891 under the direction of the Egyptian government with substantial input from the Giza palace grounds of Khedive Ismail. The zoo was among the first established on the African continent and remains one of the oldest in the Middle East.
The .720 fine silver specification places this squarely in Egypt's commemorative coinage policy of the period, which consistently used below-sterling alloys for collector issues — a practical cost decision that kept mintage economics viable without sacrificing the appearance of a silver coin.