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50 Pounds Ox Wrestling
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Composition | Gold (.900) (90% Gold 5% Silver & 5% Copper) |
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| Obverse description | Central device comprising a stylized spread eagle with outstretched wings, rendered in the Egyptian national emblem tradition, bearing a cartouche inscribed with the Arabic legend of the Arab Republic of Egypt in its center. The denomination '50' appears in both Arabic and Latin numerals ('٥٠جـ' and '50 LE') above the eagle, flanked by the dual dates '١٤١٢' (AH) and '1992' (AD) at the top of the field. The circular Latin legend 'THE 25th OLYMPIC GAMES 1992' runs along the lower periphery, with 'ARE' inscribed on the eagle's breast. A beaded inner border frames the design, with a reeded outer edge. |
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| Obverse lettering | ١٤١٢-١٩٩٢ ٥٠جـ 50 LE ARE جمهورية مصر العربية THE 25TH OLYMPIC GAMES 1992 |
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Egypt's commemorative gold program of the early 1990s drew heavily on pharaonic athletic traditions, and ox wrestling — depicted across temple reliefs at Medinet Habu and elsewhere — was a specific ritual sport associated with royal jubilee festivals, the Heb-Sed. The Central Bank issued this piece as part of a broader series tying modern Egypt to its ancient ceremonial past, a project that accelerated under the cultural policies of the Mubarak period.
The .900 fineness places it in the older continental gold standard rather than the .9999 now common in bullion issues — a deliberate choice for collector coinage of this type from Egyptian mints in this decade.