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Egypt P189, 10 Piastres, improved Sphinx scene / Mohammed Ali mosque, 1999 UNC

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Availability: 73 in stock
  • Dimensions (mm): 62x118
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Egypt
  • Year: 1999
  • Condition: Uncirculated, new with no flaws.
  • Modified Item: No
  • Type: Banknotes
  • Country: Egypt
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
  • SCWPM #: 189
  • Banknote Book #: 232a

    Description

    EGYPT
    Pick#....................189
    Banknote Book # 232a
    Denomination ....10 Piastres
    Date.....................(1999)
    Condition…...….UNC
    Comments…......Sphinx and pyramids of Giza on front. The most famous of all Egyptian sphinxes is the Great Sphinx of Giza, near the pyramids. Dating from before 2500BC, the Great Sphinx is about 20 m (about 66 ft) high and about 73 m (about 240 ft) long. Mosque of Mohammed Ali at Citadel on reverse. Watermark: Tutankhamen mask (2nd Image)
    Piastre =
    derived from Italian Piastra "thin metal plate".
    This refers to the thin metal Piece-of-Eight first coined by the king of Spain in the 16th century.
    See my other notes from this country. Image not exact note in lot.
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