Egypt 1960 10 piastres

In 1958 Egypt, under Gamal Nasser, solidified its solidarity with some other Arab countries by joining in a formal allegiance with Syria. Thus, from 1958-1971, Egypt became officially the 'United Arab Republic'. The alliance with Syria did not last long, and the title was abandoned in 1971 with purges of the Egyptian political system by Anwar Sadat. The coin shown is a silver ten piastres.

Recorded mintage: 500,000.

Specification: 7.0 g, 0.720 fine silver, 0.1620 oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 398.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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