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Description
| Issued by | Central Bank of Egypt |
| Issue | 1994-2017 Issue |
| Size | 135 x 70 mm |
| Printer | Central Bank of Egypt (Egypt) – CBE |
| Watermark | Tutankhamoun |
| Obverse | l-Azhar Mosque and its minarets. Al-Azhar Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأزهر, romanized: al-Jāmiʿ al-ʾAzhar, lit. ‘The Resplendent Congregational Mosque’, Egyptian Arabic: جامع الأزهر, romanized: Gāmiʿ el-ʾazhar), known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt in the historic Islamic core of the city. Commissioned by Jawhar al-Siqilli shortly after Cairo was established as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname “the City of a Thousand Minarets“.[b] Its name is usually thought to derive from az-Zahrāʾ (meaning “the shining one”),. |
| Reverse | The upper part of the statue of Ramesses II (Ramses II), backed by a vertical multi-colored ornamental band and a collection of lotus flowers and the sun boat. At the bottom right corner appears a Pharaonic cartouche. On the left side of the note is a drawing taken from the facade of a Pharaonic temple; Bank legend at top left. Cartouche at right: Ra setup en ra ursa maat Ra selects (Ra strong in truth. This is the “Throne name” of Ramesses II) |
