Blue, orange, and purple (front), blue (back); horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; handwritten # upper left back; no date; no sig ; no s/n 5 Egyptian pounds

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Blue, orange, and purple (front), blue (back); horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; handwritten # upper left back; no date; no sig ; no s/n 5 Egyptian pounds

Details

Obverse: Arabic text; Muhammad Ali Pasha mosque (aka Alabaster mosque) in Cairo; King Farouk I

Reverse: English text; Colossus of the Nile statue from Vatican Museum in Rome, Italy

Basic Information

GSID:

100020

Denomination:

5 Egyptian pounds

Varieties and Classification

Variety:

Blue, orange, and purple (front), blue (back); horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; handwritten # upper left back; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Physical Characteristics

Design Details

Note Color:

Green, blue, and orange

Note Dimension:

170 x 89 mm

Printer:

BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO LD ENGRAVERS, NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND

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