This piece is a mule — a coin struck from dies that were never intended to be paired together. Egypt's mint in the mid-1970s produced several such mismatched strikes, likely the result of die management errors during a period when multiple denominations were being produced concurrently. Authenticated mules from official mints rarely enter circulation in quantity, making survivors genuinely scarce rather than artificially so.
This piece is a mule — a coin struck from dies that were never intended to be paired together. Egypt's mint in the mid-1970s produced several such mismatched strikes, likely the result of die management errors during a period when multiple denominations were being produced concurrently. Authenticated mules from official mints rarely enter circulation in quantity, making survivors genuinely scarce rather than artificially so.