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5 Pounds Mecca
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1986 |
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| Currency | Pound (1916-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | جمهورية مصر العربية خمسة جنيهات ١٤٠٦هـ ١٩٨٦مـ |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Egypt's commemorative silver program of the 1980s was tied closely to Islamic heritage themes promoted under Mubarak's government as a counterweight to the rising Islamist movement — state-sanctioned religious iconography deployed as soft politics. This piece was struck specifically to mark the pilgrimage to Mecca, the Hajj, which carries particular weight for Egypt given it consistently sends one of the largest national contingents of pilgrims annually.
The .900 fine silver specification aligns with Egypt's commemorative issues of this decade rather than any circulating standard; these were produced for the collector market and export, not domestic pocket change.