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50 Pounds Field Hockey
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ١٤١٢ ١٩٩٢ ٥٠جـ 50 LE ARE جمهورية مصر العربية THE 25TH OLYMPIC GAMES 1992 |
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| Reverse script | Arabic (kufic) |
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Egypt's commemorative gold program of the early 1990s coincided with a period of significant monetary restructuring under the Mubarak government, which used prestige coinage partly to attract hard currency from the diaspora and foreign collectors. Field hockey holds a specific place in Egyptian sporting history — the national men's team won African championship titles repeatedly through the 1980s, and the sport commanded institutional support well before football absorbed all official attention.
The .900 fineness follows the historic kilo standard Egypt used for commemorative gold dating back to the Farouk-era issues, a deliberate continuity choice.