10 Qirsh

Features

Issuer	Egypt
Period	Arab Republic of Egypt (1971-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1404 (1984)
Calendar	Islamic (Hijri)
Value	10 Piastres (قرش) (0.10 EGP)
Currency	Pound (1916-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	4.5 g
Diameter	25 mm
Thickness	1.3 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 1820
References	KM# 556 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 271 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes). , MHC# 344 Magdy Hanafy; 2015. العملات المعدنية / The Egyptian Coins: موسوعة وكتالوج العملات المصرية = The Egyptian Coins. Friends Group For Philately & Numismatics, Cairo, Egypt.

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Obverse

A.R.E. Value, Hegira and Gregorian year in Arabic.

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
جمهورية مصر العربية
١٠
قروش
١٤٠٤ ١٩٨٤

Translation:
Arab Republic of Egypt
10
Piastres
1984 1404

Reverse

Illustration representing the Mosque of Mohamed Ali at the Citadel of Salah El Din from Islamic Illustrations.

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Egyptian Mint Authority (مصلحة سك العملة المصرية), Cairo, Egypt (1954-date)

Comments

Several die variants and their combinations are known.

Obverse
Die 1 - fine script; narrow hook down of ج in جمهورية; in ش of قروش small dots, lower dots connect with fine line, upper dot far from them.
Die 2 - bold script; wide hook down of ج in جمهورية; in ش of قروش big dots, lower dots connect with thick line, upper dot closer to them.

Reverse
Die A - large mosque, large windows, left dome steep and far from minaret, under the left minaret two rows of windows: 9 at the top and 10 at the bottom.
Die B - smaller mosque, small windows, left dome low-pitched and close to minaret, under the left minaret two rows of windows: 10 at the top and 11 at the bottom.
Note. There are much more differences between the dies, see more at the images, those which are mentioned are enough for attribution.
Picture: © Images courtesy of Alexandr Prokofyev.

Combinations

1+A.
2+A.
Picture: © Images courtesy of Alexandr Prokofyev.
2+B.

Present in sets

1984 Egypt Mint Set

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Date			Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1404 (1984)			17 363 000	$ 0.30	$ 0.30	$ 0.36	$ 0.45	$ 0.56	$ 0.66	$ 1.20		١٤٠٤ - ١٩٨٤

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