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5 Pounds Muhamed Abdel Wahab
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Composition | Gold (.875) |
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| Obverse description | The field displays the denomination in large Arabic calligraphic script at centre, reading 'Five Pounds', surrounded by the country name 'Arab Republic of Egypt' rendered in stylised Arabic lettering along the upper arc. The dual dates AH 1412 and AD 1991 appear in the lower field, flanking a decorative floral arabesque ornament. The entire design is enclosed within a geometric step-pattern border typical of Egyptian commemorative coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A detailed bust of the celebrated Egyptian composer and musician Mohamed Abdel Wahab is depicted facing left, wearing spectacles and a suit. A treble clef and horizontal musical staff lines are rendered in the left field behind the portrait, serving as a symbolic allusion to his musical legacy. A curved Arabic commemorative legend arcs across the upper field. The design is framed by a stepped geometric border consistent with the obverse. |
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Mohamed Abdel Wahab (1901–1991) was Egypt's most decorated composer and singer of the twentieth century, responsible in large part for modernizing Arabic music by introducing Western instruments — the electric guitar among them — into classical maqam structures. This coin was issued in the year of his death, almost certainly as an official commemoration. Egypt's commemorative gold program of the late 1980s and early 1990s frequently honored cultural figures alongside political ones, a deliberate shift in state messaging under Mubarak.
The .875 fineness places it in the traditional 21-karat standard long preferred across Egyptian and broader Near Eastern gold markets.