Egyptian Pound ^[EGP]

Current and historic banknote issues of the Central Bank of Egypt.

The inaugural coinage series of the newly declared Republic of Egypt following the abolition of the monarchy. Stripped of royal portraits, this historic transition period features unique nationalist and ancient heritage designs, including the Republican Sphinx on fractional Milliemes and the sacred pharaonic Winged Sun Disc on silver Piastres.

The distinctive coinage minted under the banner of the United Arab Republic (UAR) during Egypt's political union with Syria. All denominations display the new country name and feature the historic Hawk of Quraish with two stars on its shield, symbolizing the two nations. This batch also records the critical 1967 metallic transition from circulating silver to industrial cupro-nickel.

The standard circulating coinage of the Arab Republic of Egypt from the late 20th century. This series is characterized by traditional large-format, heavy denominations struck in cupro-nickel and brass, including fractional Milliemes and early standard Piastres. Designs prominently display national symbols such as the Hawk of Quraish and the Eagle of Saladin.

A major transitional coinage phase triggered by the 1984 monetary stabilization. To optimize minting costs, all circulating Piastre denominations were drastically downsized and lightened. The series standardized the use of the Eagle of Saladin on the obverse for regular issues, while moving away from earlier heavy alloys to efficient copper-nickel and aluminum-bronze standards.

The iconic modern coinage series of Egypt launched to replace low-value paper banknotes. This batch introduces the famous bi-metallic 1 Pound coin featuring the golden death mask of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, alongside the brass-plated 50 Piastres depicting Queen Cleopatra. It marks the complete transition to plated steel-core metallurgy for durability.