Egypt 1979 10 piastres

Egypt reconstituted herself as the Arab Republic of Egypt in 1971 (1391 AH), abandoning the title 'United Arab Republic'. Coins were reissued from this year with the modified title. The example shown is a copper-nickel ten piastres. It celebrates National Education Day along with a silver pound (KM 490).

Recorded mintage: 1,000,000.

Specification: 6 g, copper-nickel, 27 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 486.

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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