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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 1102918, member: 4910&quot;]King Farouk of Egypt was, among other things, a coin collector.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_egypt_p02_1944_hex.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Egypt 2 Piastres, 1944, King Farouk</p><p><br /></p><p>He amassed a huge collection of coins by the early 1950&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>A popular uprisng and military coup removed him from office in 1952.</p><p><br /></p><p>The new Egyptian government hired European coin dealers to sell off his</p><p>collection, including many US gold coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The recent revolution which toppled Pres. Mubarak was very similar</p><p>to the 1952 revolution, but the newscasters keep calling it &quot;new&quot; and</p><p>saying that now &quot;Egypt is free&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did Pres. Mubarak collect coins?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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