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50 Piastres Italian occupation WWII
| Issuer | Cassa Mediterranea di Credito per l'Egitto |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Printer | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Rome, Italy (1928-date) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed portrait vignette of Emperor Augustus (Octavian) at left, set within an ornate rectangular frame on a salmon-red guilloche underprint. The bilingual issuer title "CASSA MEDITERRANEA DI CREDITO PER L'EGITTO" runs across the top in Italian with the Arabic equivalent below, and the denomination "BUONO PER Cinquanta PIASTRE" appears in italic lettering at centre. An unprinted oval cartouche reserved for the serial number occupies the right field, flanked by scrollwork borders, with a small 50-piastre medallion at lower centre and bilingual acceptance text beneath. |
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| Reverse description | The central field is occupied by a dense geometric guilloche pattern, with the bilingual issuer title "CASSA MEDITERRANEA DI CREDITO PER L'EGITTO" in Italian and Arabic repeated at top centre. The denomination "BUONO PER Cinquanta PIASTRE" appears in italic script below the heading, while "50 PIASTRE" and its Arabic equivalent "٥٠ قرشاً ساعةً" are printed within ruled panels in each of the four corners. Serial numbers appear at upper left and upper right in plain type. |
| Reverse lettering | CASSA MEDITERRANEA DI CREDITO PER L'EGITTO صندوق البحر المتوسط التسليفي لمصر BUONO PER Cinquanta PIASTRE هذا السند بسوى خمسين قرشاً ساعةً 50 PIASTRE ٥٠ قرشاً ساعةً IL PRESENTE BUONO DEVE ESSERE ACCETTATO IN PAGAMENTO PEL SUO VALORE NOMINALE |
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