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5 Qirsh IYC and FAO

5 Qirsh (IYC and FAO) - obverse5 Qirsh (IYC and FAO) - reverse

Reverse © Rahul Ghosal

Features

Issuer Egypt
Period Arab Republic of Egypt (1971-date)
Type Circulating commemorative coins
Year 1399 (1979)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 5 Piastres (قرش) (0.05 EGP)
Currency Pound (1916-date)
Composition Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight 4.5 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 1.32 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
5661
References KM# 484
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Schön# 198
Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

Commemorative issue

International Year of the Child - FAO

Obverse

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
جمهورية مصر العربية
٥
قروش
١٣٩٩ ١٩٧٩

Translation:
Arab Republic of Egypt
5
Qirsh
1399 1979

Reverse

Sitting woman breastfeeding a child

Scripts: Arabic, Latin

Lettering:
التغذية والصحة
IYC
FAO

Translation:
Alimentation and Health
International Year of the Child
FAO

Edge

Reeded

Mint

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

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