Country/Countries: Egypt
Country/Region of Manufacture: جمهورية مصر العربية
Country of circulation: Arab Republic of Egypt
Number of banknotes: 1
Numismatic period: [{PRODUCT_PROPERTY_NUMISMATIC PERIOD]
Year: 2017
Collection: Monarchical
Catalog numbers: 70
Currency: Pound (1916-date)
Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
Metal compositions: Paper
Origin: Africa
Denomination: 50 Piastres
Value: 0.50 EGP
Type: Standard banknote
Weight: 1 g.
Shape: Rectangular
Obverse: Al Azhar Mosque and its Minarets. Al-Azhar Mosque (Al-Jāmiʿ al-ʾAzhar, lit. 'The Resplendent Congregational Mosque'), known simply in Egypt as al-Azhar. It is an Egyptian mosque in Islamic Cairo. Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah of the Fatimid dynasty commissioned its construction for the newly established capital city in 970. Its name is usually thought to derive from az-Zahrāʾ (meaning "the shining one"), a title given to Fatimah. It was the first mosque established in Cairo, a city that has since gained the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets".
Obverse lettering: Central Bank of Egypt | Fifty Piastres
Reverse: The upper part of the statue of Ramses II, backed by a vertical multi-coloured ornamental band and a collection of lotus flowers and the sun boat. At the bottom right corner appears a Pharaonic cartouche. On the left side of the note is a drawing taken from the façade of a Pharaonic temple.
ℹ Theme: Religious building
𓁈 Pharaohs: Ramses II
🕌 Mosques: Al Azhar
