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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bahjat, post: 1223643, member: 31665&quot;]From my collection</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3">10 piastres, 32 mm diameter, 0.375 ounces of silver </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3"></font></span>[TABLE]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]<span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/catalog/coins/composition/50139-silver" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/catalog/coins/composition/50139-silver">Silver (Ag)</a></font></span></p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[/TABLE]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3">King Farouk of Egypt</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3"></font></span><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3"><b>10</b> piasters, 32 mm diameter</font></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3">King Farouk was the second ruler of the Kingdom of </font></span><font size="3"><a href="http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/link/u/http%3A[][]www.coinfactswiki.com[]wiki[]Egypt/m/gwapongpinoy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/link/u/http%3A[][]www.coinfactswiki.com[]wiki[]Egypt/m/gwapongpinoy" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000cd"><b>Egypt</b></span></a><span style="color: #0000cd">, coming to the throne in 1936. The coinage of his reign was similar to his father, King Fuad I. He was, among other things, an avid </span><a href="http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/classifieds+directory/q/coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/classifieds+directory/q/coin" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000cd">coin</span></a></font><span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3"> collector and pieces from his collection still circulate in the market today. He abdicated after widespread discontent in 1952, at which point <b>Egypt</b> became a republic and officially terminated rule by royal lineage.</font></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3">This </font></span><font size="3"><a href="http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/classifieds+directory/q/coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/classifieds+directory/q/coin" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0000cd">coin</span></a></font><span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3"> is a silver ten <b>piastres</b>. The obverse has the portrait of Farouk, and the reverse has the text &#039;Kingdom of <b>Egypt</b>&#039; in Arabic, the date (<b>1937</b> AD - AH 1356), and the denomination, with a design around the periphery.</font></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3"><i>Specifications</i>: 14.0 g, 0.833 fine silver.</font></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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