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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;pragmatic, post: 2779986, member: 88312&quot;]Hi.</p><p>I hope this thread is not a repetition too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I thought of posting in one thread some of my Egyptian coins. They are the easiest for me to gather, since it is my country; easy to find.</p><p>With each coin, I will do my best to give an illustration.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a major interest in banknotes which is superior to coin collection in my country. besides, the price of some banknotes are very high. This doesn&#039;t underestimate coin values. some are very expensive indeed. It is just the trend of people&#039;s interest here to go for banknotes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will give two examples of banknotes which are very rare and most expensive; one is called the 2 camel banknote, its estimate value now jumped over 1000,000 L.E. (being used in magic I heard for excavation for pharaonic monuments by smugglers). It is worth to mention that banknotes in 1940s and backwards (Kindgom of Egypt) were promisory notes by the retail National Bank of Egypt (not by the Central Bank). </p><p>Another popular promisory banknote is Edris The Farmer banknote. Edris was a servant to Prince Foad, he came from Upper Egypt (Luxor), he had a vision for the prince that he would be king over Egypt. at that time, Egypt was a sultanat (under the ill sultan Hussein Kamel). His heir was his brother Kamal El Din. However, Kamal El Din abandoned the throne to Foad. and Foad became indeed a King over Egypt (Egypt and Sudan at that time). He therefore struck a banknote with Edris the farmer picture on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>back to coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I will start with commemorative coins:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>20 Piasters commemorating the restoration of the land (referring to Sinai and Taba), the outcome of 6th of october 1973 war.</p><p><br /></p><p>at the top is written in arabic افتتاح بانوراما السادس من أكتوبر eftetah banorama al sades men octobar. Opening (inauguration) of 6th of October Panorama</p><p><br /></p><p>Below which is written عودة الأرض &#039;awdet el ard; literally &quot;return of the land&quot; (meaning restoration of the land) year 1973-1989</p><p><br /></p><p>on the reverse is written in calligraphy arab republic of egypt. 20 qersha (piasters).</p><p>again the year 1989-1410h</p><p>[ATTACH=full]642821[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]642824[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>to be continued....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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