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5 Qirsh Portland Cement

5 Qirsh (Portland Cement) - obverse5 Qirsh (Portland Cement) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Egypt
Period Arab Republic of Egypt (1971-date)
Type Circulating commemorative coins
Year 1398 (1978)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 5 Piastres (قرش) (0.05 EGP)
Currency Pound (1916-date)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 4.5 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 1.25 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
21534
References KM# 477
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Schön# 188
Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).
, MHC# 427
Magdy Hanafy; 2015. العملات المعدنية / The Egyptian Coins: موسوعة وكتالوج العملات المصرية = The Egyptian Coins. Friends Group For Philately & Numismatics, Cairo, Egypt.

Commemorative issue

50th Anniversary of Tourah Portland Cement Company

Obverse

Denomination divides dates, legend above

Lettering:
جمهورية مصر العربيية
٥
قروش
١٣٩٨ ١٩٧٨

Translation:
Arab Republic of Egypt
5 Qirsh
1978 1398

Reverse

Cement factory, dates at top

Lettering:
شركة أسمنت بورتلاند طرة المصرية
١٩٢٧ - ١٩٧٧
العيد الخمسيني

Translation:
Egyptian Tourah Portland Cement Company
1927 - 1977
Fiftieth Anniversary

Edge

Reeded

5 Qirsh (Portland Cement) -  obverse

© T. El-Hashimy (CC BY-NC-SA)

Mint

Egyptian Mint Authority (مصلحة سك العملة المصرية), Cairo, Egypt (1954-date)

Comments

Egypt’s first cement company, was established in 1927. Besides licensing the oldest clay quarry in Egypt
https://www.suezcement.com.eg/en/tourah-portland-cement-company

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1398 (1978)  Photo 500 000 $ 2.20 $ 2.20 $ 2.30 $ 3.10 ١٣٩٨ - ١٩٧٨

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