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). |