Country:

Egypt

Series:

1958~1971 - United Arab Republic (Commemorative)

Catalog codes:

World Coins km407

Themes:

Dams | Rivers | Sunsets / Sunrises

Issued on:

1964– 1YT

Last issue date:

1964

Distribution:

Circulating Commemorative

Mints:

Mint of Cairo, Egypt

Composition:

Silver

Edge:

Reeded/grained

Orientation:

Medal alignment ↑O↑

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Denticulated. Both sides

Weight:

20 grams

Diameter:

40 mm

Face value:

50 pt - Egyptian piastre

Known mintage:

250,000

Composition Details:

0.720

Description:

Front: (value) قرشـًا ٥٠ ('an.sh.r.q ←, 50 qirshan, piastres)
legend: (above, state name) الجمهورية العربية المتحدة
(transliterated: al-Jumhūriyyah al-‘Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah,
translated: United Arab Republic)
(lower-left, Western year) ١٩٦٤ (1964)
(bottom, spacer) mirrored decoration
(lower-right, Arabic, year) ١٣٨٤ (AH1384)
Back: Sadd el-Ali Dam in the Nile river in front of raising sun
legend: (above, date) مايو١٩٦٤ (July 1974) ١٥ (15th)
(below, subject) تذكارتحويل مجرالنهرالنيل
(l.ī.n.l.'a r.h.n.l.'a r.j.m l.ī.w.ḥ.t r.'a.k.dh.t ←,
translation: Diversion of the river Nile)
Edge: G – grained, type: mastaba

Formerly known as: y120