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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silverfinger©, post: 4623571, member: 112311&quot;]This is my latest buy a 1944 dated Egyptian 2 Piastres coin featuring King Farouk and made from .500 silver.</p><p>This coin replaced the earlier round coin that was made of a higher silver content of .833, the new coin was still minted at the Royal London Mint in England, not sure why they chose a hexagonal shape this time, but it means I have to get some more capsules to fit it in.</p><p>This coin was made for one year only in 1944, all latest official sources (Krause/NGC etc) claim that only 32,000 coins were made, making it the rarest of all my coins so far, independent sources claim it was 32 million, I am believing the official accounts until they say otherwise, partly because King Farouk was really starting to losing favour with his populace at this time.</p><p>Shown it with my earlier 2 Piastres, the 1944 is larger but the same weight.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144459[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1144461[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1144462[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1144463[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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