History of Egyptian Currency - The Pound تاريخ العملات المصرية - الجنيه

Original images of the Egyptian Pound throughout history starting with the first issued Pound untill present day.

1899 Pound
Date of Issue: 5/1/1899
Watermark: Nil
Dominant Color: Rose -Black on face and Orange on back
Face: Two Camels
Back: Graphic Designs Surrounding the Bank's Name
Size: 158 X 80 mm

1914 Pound
Date of Issue: 21/9/1914
Watermark: Nil
Dominant Color: Blue and Rose on face and Green and Orange on back
Face: Gate of Khonso temple at Karnak
Back: Graphic Designs Surrounding the Bank's Name
Size: 158 X 80 mm

1924 Pound
Date of Issue: 1/6/1924
Watermark: Nil
Dominant Color: Red and Blue on face and Blue and Red on back
Face: A Camel and two Bedouins in front of old Cairo walls and citadel
Back: Graphic Designs Surrounding the Bank's Names
Size: 158 X 85 mm

1926 Pound
Date of Issue: 1/7/1926
Watermark: Nil
Dominant Color: Green and Rose on face and Violet on back
Face: A Portrait of an old man (Edriss)
Back: Elmansour Mosque at Bein El-Kasrein
Size: 160 X 86 mm

1930 Pound
Date of Issue: 23/4/1930
Watermark: The Sphinx
Dominant Color: Dark blue and brown on face and Green on back
Face: Statue of Tutankhamun
Back: Elmansour Mosque at Bein El-Kasrein
Size: 161 X 86 mm.

1950 Pound
Date of Issue: 1/7/1950
Watermark: The Sphinx
Dominant Color: Blue - rose on face and Blue on back
Face: Portrait of the H.M.King Farouk 1
Back: Temple of Isis at Philae Island
Size: 161 X 86 mm.

1952 Pound
Date of Issue: 12/5/1952
Watermark: The Sphinx
Dominant Color: Blue - rose on face and Blue on back
Face: Tutankhamoun
Back: Temple of Isis at Philae Island
Size: 161 X 86 mm.

1963 Pound
Date of Issue: 29/4/1963
Watermark: The Eagle
Dominant Color: Deep blue -green and violet on face
Face: Tutankhamoun
Back: ornamentation
Size: 161 X 86 mm.

1968 Pound
Date of Issue: 28/12/1968
Watermark : The Ancient Egyptian Scribe. A metal thread is incorporated along the width of the note
Dominant Color: Brown and violet on both face and back
Size 160 X 80 mm.
Front : The Qaitbay Mosque in the Cairo desert
Back : Part of the facade of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, beside which is a drawing of the facade of the Small Temple

1979 Pound
(Latest issue: 15/5/1979)
Watermark : The statue of Tutankamoun. A metal thread penetrates the right part of the note
Size: 70 mm x 140mm.
Front :
The central feature of the note is the Mosque of Sultan Qaitbay printed in dark brown. An ornamental pattern in dark brown merging into tan brown runs along the top side of the note, on the left of which is an olive white line diamond. The Banks title and the value of note in bold Arabic are on the right side of the note. On the bottom left and top right of the note in olive and dark brown are two geometric patterns which house the value of the note in open face Arabic. The numbers are printed on the top left and bottom right of the note in black and above the latter number appears the signature of the Governor.

Back :
The main feature of the note is a part of the facade of Abu Simbel Temple in chestnut brown, to the left and right of which are two cartouches in brown. At the top right and bottom left of the note set in white line diamonds is the value of the note printed in contrasting shades of brown. The Banks title and the value of the note in English are printed in dark brown at the top centre and bottom right of the note respectively. At the top and bottom of the note running in two bands horizontally are birds and other shapes taken from the structure built by Ramses II in front of the Luxor Temple of Amenophis II, and the green colour is dominating in the middle and is flanked on either side by brown.

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[louloubeb]

If there is A Bank museo in Cairo?

I would like to see all of it.

Thank you for share, nice job

5*

[fleuregyptienne]

i think there is a Bank Museo ......thanks for ur comments

[fleuregyptienne]

There always a " HERO " behind any beautiful video uploaded on my youtube...

[yelghadban]

More than a hundred years of history in two minutes...Superb !!

Congratulations !!!

[w1949]

Great collection , and lovely history creation , I love the music , Awesome video .

Thank you for sharing

Tom - Canada

[theriverQueen01]

@Yochananable

This is NOT a religious video,This is about the History of EGYPTIAN Currency..so just enjoy the video with out your religious views.

[Yochananable]

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All children of Israel shall come back home and the Messiah , me shall rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.

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I love you all, praise me your king and your Messiah Yoka Bony or simply King Yochanan I of Israel

[dmx2010]

nice video and i got the green one and the the red one the LE one pound i save its long time lol

[kemetanch]

Excellent job. Thanks a million for sharing.

[FormosaQiu]

Good collection of money! : )

[hramaleko]

it's great  thanks alot...