20 Qirsh Cairo Opera House

20 Qirsh (Cairo Opera House) - obverse20 Qirsh (Cairo Opera House) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Egypt
Period Arab Republic of Egypt (1971-date)
Type Circulating commemorative coin
Year 1409 (1988)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 20 Piastres
0.20 EGP = USD 0.0042
Currency Pound (1916-date)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 6 g
Diameter 27 mm
Thickness 1.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
35719
References KM# 650,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Schön# 372
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Inauguration of Cairo Opera House at the National Cultural Centre

Obverse

Lettering: ۱۹۸۸ ۱٤۰۹

Edge

Reeded

Comments

The opera house was inaugurated on 10 October 1988. The funds for the complex were a gift from the nation of Japan to Egypt as a result of President Hosni Mubarak's visit to Japan in April 1983. Construction began in May 1985 and lasted for three years.
In October 1988, President Mubarak and Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, the younger brother of the Japanese Emperor, inaugurated the National Cultural Centre Cairo Opera House. It was the first time for Japan to stage a Kabuki show, a traditional popular drama with singing and dancing, in Africa or the Arab World.
In recognition of the Cairo Opera House, the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra chose it as a venue for their first performance in the Middle East and Africa in January 2007. The Arabic Oud House was created in its premises before moving to a building in the old town.

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