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5 Pounds Sphinx
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a large, finely detailed high-relief depiction of the Great Sphinx of Giza in left-facing three-quarter profile, occupying the full field of the coin. The nemes headdress with its characteristic striped lappets is rendered with careful sculptural detail, as are the weathered facial features and the layered stone of the chest and body. The mirror-polished proof field provides sharp contrast against the frosted device. The field is otherwise uninscribed, with a plain inner border and a beaded outer rim encircling the entire design. |
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Egypt's commemorative silver program of the early 1990s produced a cluttered series of issues, many of which were struck in large quantities for the collector market with little connection to genuine monetary policy. This particular piece targets the international bullion-adjacent collector trade that expanded sharply after Egypt liberalized its foreign exchange controls in 1991.
KM#741 is well-documented in Krause but mintage figures for the series are inconsistently reported across sources.