Country/Countries: Egypt

Country/Region of Manufacture: جمهورية مصر العربية

Country of circulation: Arab Republic of Egypt

Number of banknotes: 1

Numismatic period: [{PRODUCT_PROPERTY_NUMISMATIC PERIOD]

Year: 2017

Collection: Monarchical

Catalog numbers: 70

Currency: Pound (1916-date)

Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated

Metal compositions: Paper

Origin: Africa 

Denomination: 50 Piastres

Value: 0.50 EGP

Type: Standard banknote

Weight: 1 g.

Shape: Rectangular

Obverse: Al Azhar Mosque and its Minarets. Al-Azhar Mosque (Al-Jāmiʿ al-ʾAzhar, lit. 'The Resplendent Congregational Mosque'), known simply in Egypt as al-Azhar. It is an Egyptian mosque in Islamic Cairo. Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah of the Fatimid dynasty commissioned its construction for the newly established capital city in 970. Its name is usually thought to derive from az-Zahrāʾ (meaning "the shining one"), a title given to Fatimah. It was the first mosque established in Cairo, a city that has since gained the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets".

Obverse lettering: Central Bank of Egypt | Fifty Piastres

Reverse: The upper part of the statue of Ramses II, backed by a vertical multi-coloured 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 façade of a Pharaonic temple.

ℹ Theme: Religious building

𓁈 Pharaohs: Ramses II

🕌 Mosques: Al Azhar