EGYPT 

KM 940

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
1 pound 24.0 8.5   Reeded Outer ring: Copper-Nickel Medal
          Core: Aluminum-Bronze  
Obverse Reverse
 Inscriptions along the ring: title of state on the upper arch, the year of minting (AD2005-AH1426), face value in English on the lower one. In the center - face value in Arabic.

It is first bimetallic coin of Egypt.

The ornamental wreath along the ring, mask from Tutankhamun's mummy.

Nebkheperure Tutankhamun was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty (ruled 1333 BC – 1324 BC).