Egypt P-191 / 10 Piastres 2006 – UNC

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Issued by Arab Republic of Egypt
Issue L. 1940 (2002-2006) Issue
Size 117 x 62 mm
Printer Postal Printing House (Egypt) – PPH
Signature Yousef Boutros Ghali
Watermark Tutankhamoun
Obverse The Great Sphinx of Giza, commonly know simply as Sphinx, is the oldest known monumental sculpture in Egypt and is commonly believed to have been constructed by ancient Egyptians during the reign of Pharaoh Khafre (c. 2558–2532 BC).The three Egyptian pyramids here represented are the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, located in the same site of the Great Sphinx of Giza.
Reverse The Great Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha, or Alabaster Mosque, is situated in the medieval Citadel of Cairo (Egypt) and was commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha, between 1830 and 1848.