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Cyrene silphium coin
Libya · Drachm
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Banknote · 1950
One Egyptian pound note, 1950
Issued by the National Bank of Egypt before the central bank was founded.
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- Egypt
- Issuer
- National Bank of Egypt
- Material
- Cotton paper
- Series
- Kingdom era
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The symbols and security features of Half Libyan dinar coin
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- $ USD US dollar
- € EUR Euro
- £ GBP Pound sterling
- ¥ JPY Japanese yen
- ₣ CHF Swiss franc
- ﷼ SAR Saudi riyal
- د.إ AED UAE dirham
- 元 CNY Chinese yuan
- ل.د LYD Libyan dinar
- ج.م EGP Egyptian pound
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