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5 Pounds Ox Wrestling
| Issuer | Egypt |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ibrahim Elhelw, Sabry Salah |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting the Eagle of Saladin with spread wings, bearing a circular cartouche inscribed in Arabic naskh script with the country name. The denomination '5 LE' appears prominently above the eagle's body in both Arabic and Latin characters, flanked by the abbreviations 'ARE' denoting the Arab Republic of Egypt. Dual dates in Arabic-Indic and Western numerals (١٤١٢ / 1992) arc across the upper field. The legend 'THE 25TH OLYMPIC GAMES 1992' curves along the lower portion of the field in Latin script, with the entire design framed by a decorative segmented border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ١٤١٢-١٩٩٢ ٥ جـ 5 LE ARE جمهورية مصر العربية THE 25TH OLYMPIC GAMES 1992 |
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Part of Egypt's broader series of agricultural and folkloric issues produced through the late 1980s and early 1990s, this piece reflects a deliberate push by the Egyptian Mint to target the international collector market during a period when the government was actively expanding hard currency revenue streams. Ox wrestling — more accurately the traditional rural sport of bull wrestling practiced in Upper Egypt — had been documented in pharaonic reliefs millennia earlier, giving the subject a convenient antiquarian resonance that appealed to thematic collectors abroad.
Mintages for the series were kept deliberately low, and many pieces were sold directly through foreign distributors rather than domestic channels.