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== Ptolemaic period (323 B.C.-80 B.C.) ==
 
== Ptolemaic period (323 B.C.-80 B.C.) ==
 
* [[Coinage of Ptolemaic Egypt]]
 
* [[Coinage of Ptolemaic Egypt]]
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== Ayyubids (1174-1260) ==
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* [[Egypt AH 616 dinar]], al-Kamil Muhammad I
  
 
== Mamelukes (to 1517) ==
 
== Mamelukes (to 1517) ==
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* [[Egypt 1980 10 piastres|AH 1400/1980 10 piastres, Doctor's Day]]
 
* [[Egypt 1980 10 piastres|AH 1400/1980 10 piastres, Doctor's Day]]
 
* [[Egypt 1984 10 piastres|AH 1404/1984 10 piastres, Muhammad Ali Mosque]]
 
* [[Egypt 1984 10 piastres|AH 1404/1984 10 piastres, Muhammad Ali Mosque]]
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* [[Egypt 2004 10 piastres|AH 1425/2004 10 piastres, National Women's Council]]
  
 
=== twenty and fifty piastres ===
 
=== twenty and fifty piastres ===
 
* [[Egypt 1956 20 piastres|AH 1375/1956 20 piastres, sphinx]]
 
* [[Egypt 1956 20 piastres|AH 1375/1956 20 piastres, sphinx]]
 
* [[Egypt 1960 20 piastres]]
 
* [[Egypt 1960 20 piastres]]
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* [[Egypt 2004 20 piastres|AH 1425/2004 20 piastres, National Women's Council]]
  
 
* [[Egypt 1956 25 piastres|AH 1375/1956 25 piastres, Canal headquarters]]
 
* [[Egypt 1956 25 piastres|AH 1375/1956 25 piastres, Canal headquarters]]
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* [[Egypt 1958 1/2 pound|1958 ½ pound, 5th anniversary of the revolution]]
 
* [[Egypt 1958 1/2 pound|1958 ½ pound, 5th anniversary of the revolution]]
* [[Egypt 1992 1/2 pound|AH 1412/1993 half pound, centennial of Dar Al Hilal Publishing House]]
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* [[Egypt 1992 1/2 pound|AH 1413/1992 half pound, centennial of Dar Al Hilal Publishing House]]
 
* [[Egypt 1993 1/2 pound|AH 1414/1993 half pound, 20th Anniversary of the October War Victory]]
 
* [[Egypt 1993 1/2 pound|AH 1414/1993 half pound, 20th Anniversary of the October War Victory]]
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* [[Egypt 1997 1/2 pound|AH 1418/1997 half pound, FIFA World Cup]]
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* [[Egypt 2002 1/2 pound|AH 1423/2002 half pound, centennial of the Egyptian Museum]]
  
 
=== one pound ===
 
=== one pound ===
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* [[Egypt 1973 pound Fr-128|AH 1393/1973 gold pound, 75th anniversary of the National Bank of Egypt]]
 
* [[Egypt 1973 pound Fr-128|AH 1393/1973 gold pound, 75th anniversary of the National Bank of Egypt]]
 
* [[Egypt 1974 Pound October War]]
 
* [[Egypt 1974 Pound October War]]
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* [[Egypt 1976 pound KM-453|AH 1396/1976 pound, F.A.O.]]
 
* [[Egypt 1976 Pound Faisal Silver]]
 
* [[Egypt 1976 Pound Faisal Silver]]
 
* [[Egypt 1976 pound Fr-131|AH 1396/1976 gold pound, death of Faisal bin Abdulaziz]]
 
* [[Egypt 1976 pound Fr-131|AH 1396/1976 gold pound, death of Faisal bin Abdulaziz]]
 
* [[Egypt 1976 pound Fr-133|AH 1396/1976 gold pound, death of Umm Kulthum]]
 
* [[Egypt 1976 pound Fr-133|AH 1396/1976 gold pound, death of Umm Kulthum]]
* [[Egypt 1977 pound|1977 1 pound F.A.O.]]
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* [[Egypt 1977 pound|AH 1397/1977 pound, F.A.O.]]
* [[Egypt 1978 pound|1978 1 pound F.A.O.]]
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* [[Egypt 1978 pound|AH 1398/1978 pound, F.A.O.]]
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* [[Egypt 1978 pound KM-480|AH 1398/1978 pound, 50th Anniversary of Tourah Portland Cement]]
 
* [[Egypt 1979 Pound KM-473]]
 
* [[Egypt 1979 Pound KM-473]]
 
* [[Egypt 1979 Pound KM-491]]
 
* [[Egypt 1979 Pound KM-491]]
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* [[Egypt 1979 pound KM-489|AH 1399/1979 pound, F.A.O./International Year of the Child]]
 
* [[Egypt 1979 pound KM-490|AH 1399/1979 pound, National Education Day]]
 
* [[Egypt 1979 pound KM-490|AH 1399/1979 pound, National Education Day]]
* [[Egypt 1979 pound Fr-139|1979 pound, Bank of Land Reform]]
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* [[Egypt 1979 pound Fr-139|AH 1399/1979 pound, Bank of Land Reform]]
 
* [[Egypt 1979 Pound KM-493]]
 
* [[Egypt 1979 Pound KM-493]]
 
* [[Egypt 1980 Pound F.A.O.]]
 
* [[Egypt 1980 Pound F.A.O.]]
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* [[Egypt 1980 5 pounds Fr-143|AH 1400/1980 5 pounds, Peace Treaty]]
 
* [[Egypt 1980 5 pounds Fr-143|AH 1400/1980 5 pounds, Peace Treaty]]
 
* [[Egypt 1981 5 pounds Fr-148|AH 1401/1981 5 pounds, 25th anniversary of the nationalization of the Suez Canal]]
 
* [[Egypt 1981 5 pounds Fr-148|AH 1401/1981 5 pounds, 25th anniversary of the nationalization of the Suez Canal]]
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* [[Egypt 1981 5 pounds Fr-150|AH 1401/1981 5 pounds, 3rd anniversary of the reopening of the Suez Canal]]
 
* [[Egypt 1981 5 pounds Fr-152|AH 1402/1981 5 pounds, centennial of the revolt of Arabi Pasha]]
 
* [[Egypt 1981 5 pounds Fr-152|AH 1402/1981 5 pounds, centennial of the revolt of Arabi Pasha]]
 
* [[Egypt 1981 5 pounds KM-533|AH 1401/1981 5 pounds, Year of the Child]]
 
* [[Egypt 1981 5 pounds KM-533|AH 1401/1981 5 pounds, Year of the Child]]
* [[Egypt 1981 5 pounds KM-534|AH 1401/1981 5 pounds, 3rd anniversary of the reopening of the Suez Canal]]
 
 
* [[Egypt 1983 5 pounds Cairo Univ.]]
 
* [[Egypt 1983 5 pounds Cairo Univ.]]
 
* [[Egypt 1984 5 pounds Olympics]]
 
* [[Egypt 1984 5 pounds Olympics]]

Latest revision as of 16:23, 4 February 2026

Egypt, including regions of Darfur, Ethiopia, and Eritrea

Ptolemaic period (323 B.C.-80 B.C.)

Ayyubids (1174-1260)

Mamelukes (to 1517)

Ottoman period (1517-1914)

Note: For Ottoman coins, the AH date is the accession date; the figure in parentheses is the regnal year and should be added to the accession date (minus one) to obtain the true date of issue.

Sultan Selim I (AH 918-926, 1512-1520 AD)

Ottoman figures at Temple of Amon, Karnak, Luxor, Upper Egypt

Sultan Sulieman I (AH 926-973, 1520-1566 AD)

Sultan Selim II (1566-1574 AD)

Sultan Murad III (1574-1595 AD)

Sultan Mehmet III (1595-1603 AD)

Sultan Ahmed I (1603-1617 AD)

Sultan Osman II (1618-22 AD)

Sultan Mustafa I (second reign, 1622-23 AD)

Sultan Murad IV (1623-40 AD)

Sultan Ibrahim I (AH 1049-1058, 1640-48 AD)

Sultan Mehmet IV (AH 1058-1099, 1648-87 AD)

Sultan Sulieman II (AH 1099-1102, 1687-91 AD)

Sultan Ahmed II (AH 1102-1106, 1691-95 AD)

Sultan Mustafa II (AH 1106-1115, 1695-1703 AD)

Sultan Ahmed III (1703-30 AD)

Sultan Mahmud I (AH 1143-1168, 1730-1754 AD)

Sultan Osman III (AH 1168-1171, 1754-1757 AD)

Sultan Mustafa III (AH 1171-1187, 1757-1774 AD)

Sultan Abdul Hamid I (AH 1187-1203, 1774-1789 AD)

Sultan Selim III (AH 1203-1212 and AH 1216-1222, 1789-1798 AD and 1801-1807 AD)

Sultan Mustafa IV (AH 1222-3, 1807-8 AD)

Sultan Mahmud II (AH 1223-1255, 1808-1839 AD)

pre-reform hammered coinage

AR 10 para, type KM-170.2
AR 1 qirsh, type KM-181

reform milled coinage

AR 1 qirsh, type KM-183

Sultan Abdul Mejid (AH 1255-1277, 1839-1861 AD)

one para

AE 1 para, type KM-220

five paras

AE 5 para, type KM-222

ten paras

AR 10 para, type KM-225

twenty paras

AR 20 para, type KM-227

silver 1 to 20 qirsh

AR 1 qirsh, type KM-228
AR 10 qirsh, type KM-231

gold qirsh

AV 5 qirsh, type KM-230
AV 100 qirsh, type KM-235.1

Sultan Abdul Aziz (AH 1277-1293, 1861-1876 AD)

Suez canal tokens

AE 50 centimes, type KM-Tn2

copper paras

AE 10 para, type KM-241
AE 20 para, type KM-246

silver paras

AR 10 para, type KM-243
AR 20 para, type KM-247

1 qirsh

AR 1 qirsh, type KM-250

2½ qirsh

AR 1 qirsh, type KM-250

5 qirsh

AR 5 qirsh, type KM-254a

10 and 20 qirsh

AR 10 qirsh, type KM-257

gold qirsh

AV 5 qirsh, type KM-255
AV 25 qirsh, type KM-261
AV 100 qirsh, type KM-263

Patterns and Essais

Sultan Murad V (AH 1293, 1876 AD)

Sultan Abdul Hamid II (AH 1293-1327, 1876-1909 AD)

1/40 qirsh

AR 1/40 qirsh, type KM-287

1/20 qirsh

AR 1/20 qirsh, type KM-288

1/10 qirsh

AR 1/10 qirsh, type KM-289

2/10 qirsh

AR 2/10 qirsh, type KM-290

10 para

20 para

5/10 qirsh

AR 5/10 qirsh, type KM-291

1 qirsh

AR 1 qirsh, type KM-292
Cu-Ni 1 qirsh, type KM-299

2 qirsh

AR 2 qirsh, type KM-293

5 qirsh

AR 5 qirsh, type KM-294

10 qirsh

AR 10 qirsh, type KM-295

20 qirsh

AR 20 qirsh, type KM-296

gold qirsh

AV 5 qirsh, type KM-280

Muhammad V (AH 1327-1332, 1909-1914 AD)

1/40 qirsh

1/20 qirsh

1/10 qirsh

5/10 qirsh

one qirsh

five and ten qirsh

twenty qirsh

British occupation (1914-22)

milliemes

two piastres

five piastres

ten piastres

twenty piastres

Gold piastres

Countermarked coinage (unknown period)

Kingdom (1917-53)

1/2 millieme

1 millieme

2 milliemes

2½ milliemes

5 milliemes

10 milliemes

2 piastres

5 piastres

10 piastres

20 piastres

50 to 500 piastres

Republic (since 1953 - 1372AH)

milliemes

five milliemes

ten milliemes

piastres

five piastres

ten piastres

twenty and fifty piastres

one pound

five pounds

ten pounds

fifty pounds

one hundred pounds