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A coin bearing the symbol of people with disabilities
During its weekly meeting on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, the Egyptian Cabinet approved several decisions, including the issuance of a circulating one-pound coin bearing the slogan "People with Disabilities." This coin will help support the rights of people with disabilities and promote equality between people with and without disabilities. [The coin...]
December 14, 2022Egyptian coin design crisis
Where have the ideas for Egyptian coin designs gone? Why don't we acknowledge that there's a crisis in Egyptian coin design? And why isn't there a link between the Mint and creative artists to resolve this coin design crisis? We don't believe any Egyptian artist would object to the Egyptian coin design crisis if a government entity had signed an agreement…
July 8, 2022Bank banknotes
Al-Ahram, January 14, 1899: A news item published in Al-Ahram newspaper in January 1899 stated that during a visit by an Al-Ahram correspondent to the National Bank of Egypt, the bank's governor, Sir Elwyn Palmer, showed him the banknotes that the bank was going to issue. The correspondent mentioned that they had beautiful designs, including a drawing of the Sphinx for fifty piasters and a drawing of a camel for one hundred piasters…
August 28, 2021They deceived you when they said... the peasant's pound, Idris
They deceived you when they said that the peasant's fairy has a fascinating story, as the image on it is that of Uncle Idris, or Idris al-Aqsari, or Idris Othman, who dreamt that his impoverished master, Prince Ahmed Fouad, would become King of Egypt and wear its crown. He told the dream to his master, who promised to make him King of Egypt in exchange for placing Idris's image on the fairy, which is what…
January 26, 2019Egyptian pound exchange rate
The first image shows the exchange rate of the Egyptian pound against the British pound, the French franc, and the German mark in 1915. The second image shows the exchange rate of the Egyptian pound and smaller denominations against their equivalent in US dollars in 1943.
October 14, 2016Israeli occupation funds for economic control over Sinai
Did you know that there were banknotes issued by the Israeli occupation forces intended for circulation in Arab areas during the 1967 war? Shortly after the fall of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Egyptian Sinai, and Syrian Golan Heights to the Zionist occupation in 1967, secret deliberations took place within the Israeli government regarding the possibility of issuing special currency denominations for circulation…
December 17, 2015