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5 Pounds Sobek
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device features the Eagle of Saladin with wings fully spread, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field, flanked on the left by the denomination '5 LE' and the Hijri year '1415' in Western Arabic numerals, and on the right by the Arabic denomination '٥ جـ' and the Hijri year '١٤١٥' in Eastern Arabic numerals. The Arabic legend 'جمهورية مصر العربية' (Arab Republic of Egypt) appears in two lines above the eagle, surmounted by a stylized lotus flower. The Latin acronym 'A·R·E' is inscribed across the eagle's body, with the Gregorian year '1994' and its Arabic equivalent '١٩٩٤' flanking the lower portion of the eagle, and the mint mark 'E / CC' placed in the exergue. The entire design is framed by a reeded border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a bold, frosted depiction of Sobek, the ancient Egyptian crocodile-headed deity, rendered in the conventional striding posture of pharaonic art against a deeply mirrored field. The god is shown in full figure, facing right, wearing a composite crown consisting of a solar disc, ram's horns, and tall double plumes atop a modius. He is attired in a traditional kilt with a diagonally striped apron and carries a was-sceptre in his left hand and an ankh symbol in his right. The design is executed in a style closely replicating ancient Egyptian bas-relief, with no legends on this face, and is framed by a decorative beaded and segmented border. |
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Sobek, the crocodile deity associated with the Nile and military power, was a deliberate choice for Egypt's late 20th-century commemorative silver program — a series that leaned heavily on pharaonic imagery to position the country as custodian of an ancient civilization for international collector markets. The 1994 issues were aimed squarely at export sales and foreign numismatic demand rather than domestic circulation.