50 Piastres

€203,933.00
IssuerEgypt
Year2017
TypeStandard circulation banknotes
Value50 Piastres
CurrencyPound (1916-date)
CompositionPaper
Size135 × 70 mm
ShapeRectangular
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Reference(s) P#70
Obverse descriptionAl Azhar Mosque and its Minarets. Al-Azhar Mosque (Al-Jāmiʿ al-ʾAzhar, lit. `The Resplendent Congregational Mosque`), known simply in Egypt as al-Azhar. It is an Egyptian mosque in Islamic Cairo. Al-Mu`izz li-Din Allah of the Fatimid dynasty commissioned its construction for the newly established capital city in 970. Its name is usually thought to derive from az-Zahrāʾ (meaning `the shining one`), a title given to Fatimah. It was the first mosque established in Cairo, a city that has since gained the nickname `the City of a Thousand Minarets`.
Reverse descriptionThe upper part of the statue of Ramses II, backed by a vertical multi-coloured ornamental band and a collection of lotus flowers and the sun boat. At the bottom right corner appears a Pharaonic cartouche. On the left side of the note is a drawing taken from the façade of a Pharaonic temple.
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Reverse letteringCentral Bank of Egypt Fifty Piastres
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Catalog ID3383288230
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