5 Qirsh Corrective Revolution

The "Corrective Revolution" commemorated here refers to Anwar Sadat's bloodless intra-party coup of May 1971, in which he outmaneuvered the Nasserist old guard — arresting Ali Sabri and several cabinet ministers in a single night — and consolidated his own authority over the Arab Socialist Union. Egypt issued this denomination across multiple years precisely because the Corrective Revolution became a recurring commemorative theme under Sadat, appearing on coinage throughout the decade as he systematically rebranded Egyptian political identity away from Nasser's shadow.