5 Pounds

Features

Issuer	Egypt
Issuing bank	Central Bank of Egypt
Period	United Arab Republic (1958-1971)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1961-1964
Value	5 Pounds (جنيه) (5 EGP)
Currency	Pound (1916-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	170 × 90 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 220354
References	P# 39 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Tutankhamen's mask at right, guilloche at bottom centre

Script: Arabic

Reverse

Value at left, watermark area at right

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CENTRAL BANK OF EGYPT
FIVE EGYPTIAN POUNDS 5 FIVE EGYPTIAN POUNDS
EGYPTIAN POUNDS

Watermark

Arms

Signatures

Abd El-Hakim El-Refaie (AEHER)	Governor, Central Bank of Egypt
Ahmed Zendo (AZ)	Governor, Central Bank of Egypt

Printer

Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)

Comments

Replacement Note

Although it is common in Egyptian replacement notes to prefix in hundreds (i.e., 100), the issues in this type did not follow this rule. Replacement notes were rather left without a number.

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Date	Signatures	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1961	AEHER					P#39a	7%
1962	AEHER		$ 15			P#39a	16%
1963	AEHER	$ 8.10				P#39a	41%
1964	AZ	$ 9.90	$ 13	$ 19	$ 26	P#39b	41%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 149 Lot 4102	8 Feb 2025	1961 AEHER – P#39a		USD 219.42 (EUR 189.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 127 Lot 2189	1 Jun 2024	1961 AEHER – P#39a		USD 192.72 (EUR 166.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 107 Lot 1068	10 Jan 2024	1961 AEHER – P#39a		USD 812.68 (EUR 700.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Jubilee Auction 100 Lot 1459	23 Nov 2023	1961 AEHER – P#39a		USD 441.17 (EUR 380.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 89 Lot 1481	10 Jul 2023	1962 AEHER – P#39a	XF	USD 15.09 (EUR 13.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 64 Lot 156	17 Aug 2022	1962 AEHER – P#39a	XF	USD 19.74 (EUR 17.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 71 Lot 3998	30 Nov 2022	1962 AEHER – P#39a	VF	USD 5.80 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium) The lot includes several items.
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 151 Lot 301	25 Feb 2025	1963 AEHER – P#39a	VF	USD 40.63 (EUR 35.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 135 Lot 3327	14 Aug 2024	1963 AEHER – P#39a	VF	USD 6.97 (EUR 6.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 78 Lot 2317	1 Mar 2023	1963 AEHER – P#39a	VF	USD 8.13 (EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.