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The Mint Museum: A History of Egyptian Tales
Egypt celebrates a long history of producing coins since the Islamic conquest in 641 in Fustat, then the establishment of a fully-fledged mint in 1954, followed by the step of opening a museum for the historical coins that were circulated, in addition to the modern coins that Egypt now produces.
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Electrotype counterfeiting of coins
One method of counterfeiting currency is the electrotype method. Ironically, it was once the preferred method for both serious collectors and museums to create copies of rare coins for their collections, whether for study or display. Currently, counterfeiters abroad do not favor this method because it is relatively difficult, time-consuming, and labor-intensive, and most importantly, it is limited to producing a single coin.
January 4, 2019