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50 Pounds Sadat
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a panoramic vignette of a large mosque with multiple blue domes and arcaded facades, flanked at right by a cargo vessel rendered in orange-red intaglio, evoking the Suez Canal. At centre, an eagle with outstretched wings — the Eagle of Saladin — serves as the state emblem, set within a fine guilloche underprint in blue and gold tones. English and Arabic denomination inscriptions appear in the upper corners, with 'The Central Bank of Egypt' lettered across the top in English script. |
| Reverse lettering | FIFTY POUNDS 50 The Central Bank of Egypt 50 |
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Bradbury Wilkinson's contract with the Central Bank of Egypt for this series was among the firm's final major sovereign currency commissions before the New Malden operation wound down entirely in 1990. The 50 Pound denomination — the highest in everyday circulation for much of the Sadat period — was produced under notably tight security specifications, with serial numbering and signatures applied in Cairo after the printed sheets arrived from Surrey.
The "Sadat" designation in the trade is informal, applied retrospectively by collectors to distinguish issues of the Anwar Sadat years from the later Mubarak-era redesigns.