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<p>[QUOTE="pragmatic, post: 2777673, member: 88312"]true, the obverse is the Police Logo, as regards the other side, I will try to simplify it. at the top again, written يوم الشرطة yom al shorta = Police Day, on the left side 1988, on the right side 1408 (hijri islamic calender), inside the right circle عشرون 'eshroon = twenty, in the left circle قرشا qershan [or qersh(a)] below is written in arabic calligraph form (which I don't know): جمهورية مصر العربية gomhuriyyet masr al arabeyya = arab republic of egypt. mentioning arabic calligraph, there are many types of artistic writing in arabic. I would recommend <a href="http://www.arabiccalligraphy.com/#!/home" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.arabiccalligraphy.com/#!/home" rel="nofollow"><b>this site</b></a> to have an idea about arabic and islamic calligraphy. to decide which type of calligraphy is used in this coin I think needs an expert. it is beyond my knowledge <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="pragmatic, post: 2777673, member: 88312"]true, the obverse is the Police Logo, as regards the other side, I will try to simplify it. at the top again, written يوم الشرطة yom al shorta = Police Day, on the left side 1988, on the right side 1408 (hijri islamic calender), inside the right circle عشرون 'eshroon = twenty, in the left circle قرشا qershan [or qersh(a)] below is written in arabic calligraph form (which I don't know): جمهورية مصر العربية gomhuriyyet masr al arabeyya = arab republic of egypt. mentioning arabic calligraph, there are many types of artistic writing in arabic. I would recommend [URL='http://www.arabiccalligraphy.com/#!/home'][B]this site[/B][/URL] to have an idea about arabic and islamic calligraphy. to decide which type of calligraphy is used in this coin I think needs an expert. it is beyond my knowledge :([/QUOTE]
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