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50 Qirsh / Piastres New Branch of Suez Canal
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Currency | Pound (1916-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | جمهورية مصر العربية ٥٠ قرشاً 50 PIASTRES (Translation: The Arab Republic of Egypt 50 Qirsh) |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a large stylized container ship rendered in profile occupying the central field, with undulating wave lines beneath representing the Suez Canal waterway. Superimposed at the center of the hull is the circular emblem of the New Suez Canal authority. The Arabic legend 'قناة السويس' arches along the upper periphery, while 'الجديدة' appears in the lower central field flanked by the Hijri date '١٤٣٦هـ' at lower left and the Gregorian date '٢٠١٥م' at lower right, all within a beaded border. |
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Egypt issued this coin to mark the opening of the New Suez Canal — a parallel channel excavated alongside the original 1869 waterway — which President el-Sisi inaugurated in August 2015 after a construction period of just one year. The project was funded through a domestic bond drive that raised 64 billion Egyptian pounds in a single week, framed explicitly as a national mobilization rather than a foreign investment opportunity.