Egypt P-50 / 1 Pound 1978-2008 – UNC

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Issued by Central Bank of Egypt
Issue 1978-2008 Issue
Size 140 x 70 mm
Printer Central Bank of Egypt (Egypt) – CBE
Watermark Tutankhamoun
Obverse Sultan Qaitbay mosque at left center, which is situated in the funerary complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay. This architectural complex was built by Sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay in Cairo’s Northern Cemetery, completed in 1474. It is often considered one of the most beautiful and accomplished monuments of late Egyptian Mamluk architecture.
Reverse Colossal statues of Ramses II seated at the main entrance to the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, near Aswān, Egypt. At the top and bottom of the note running in two bands horizontally are birds and other shapes taken from the structure built by Ramses II in front of the Luxor Temple of Amenophis II