Egypt 5 Pounds, 1946-1951 P-25

Egypt 5 Pounds, 1946-1951 P-25 obverse
Egypt 5 Pounds, 1946-1951 P-25 reverse

Information:

Reference P#25
Country Egypt
Period Pound (1916-date)
Currency Pounds
Denomination 5 Pounds
Type Circulation banknotes
Ruler Farouk I (1936-1952)
Issuing bank National Bank of Egypt
Year 1946-1951
Shape Rectangular
Composition Paper
Demonetized Yes
Size (WxH) 170x89 mm

Obverse:

Egypt 5 Pounds, 1946-1951 P-25
Latin

Obverse text

البنك الاهلي المصري اصدر بمقتضى المرسوم العالى المؤرخ فى ٢٥ يونيو سنة ١٨٩٨ أتعهد بأن أدفع عند الطلب لحامل هذا السند مبلغ خمست جنيهات مصرية

Obverse symbol

Brown and Orange colour scheme Portrait of King Farouk on the Right Mosque of Muhammad Ali on Left Watermark area bottom-centre

Reverse:

Image 1
Latin

Reverse text

National Bank of Egypt Five Egyptian Pounds

Reverse symbol

Statue of Nilus, Greek deity of the Nile, with 16 children representing 16 branches of the Nile at the time

Varieties:

Date Variety Iss. Value
VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1946-1948) P# 25a - Sig: Leith-Ross - Prfx: أ ب ١ ـ أب ٤٠ + - - - - - -
ND (1951) P# 25b - Sig: Saad - Prfx: أ ب ـ ٤١ أ ب ٦٠ - - - - - -