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50 Pounds The Sacred Ta-Weret
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Value | 50 Pounds |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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| Mint | Egyptian Mint (Cairo) |
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Ta-Weret, the hippopotamus goddess associated with childbirth and protection, was among the most persistently venerated deities in the Egyptian pantheon — worshipped continuously from the Old Kingdom through the Roman period, long outlasting more politically prominent cults. Egypt's gold commemorative program of the late 1980s and early 1990s was largely driven by foreign hard-currency demand rather than domestic circulation, with these pieces sold primarily through international numismatic channels. The .900 fineness aligns with Egypt's established commemorative gold standard for the period rather than any ancient weight system.