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50 Qirsh / Piastres New Asyut Barrage
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Within a reeded border, the Arabic numeral ٥٠ appears prominently in the center of the field, with the Arabic legend قرشاً (Qirsh/Piastres) below. The country name جمهورية مصر العربية (Arab Republic of Egypt) is inscribed in a curved Arabic legend along the upper periphery. The denomination 50 PIASTRES is rendered in Latin characters along the lower rim. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The New Asyut Barrage, completed in 2011 after roughly a decade of construction, replaced the original British-built Asyut Barrage dating to 1902 — one of the earliest large-scale hydraulic works on the Nile. The old structure had become functionally inadequate for modern irrigation demands across Upper Egypt, where agricultural water control remains a matter of national priority rather than mere infrastructure maintenance.
Egypt's practice of commemorating Nile hydraulic works on circulating coinage goes back decades, reflecting how central water management is to the state's political identity.