EGYPT, Republic. Gamal Abdel Nasser. President, 1954-1970. AV 5 Pounds (37mm, 42.48 g, 12h). Construction of the Aswan High Dam. Egyptian Mint Authority. Dually dated AH 1379 and 1960 (in Eastern Arabic numerals). Aerial view of the Dam, framed by grain ears and cotton bolls on stems; all in electrified gears; above sun rising above pyramid in desert / Denomination and date above winged uraeus. MH 1403; KM 402; Friedberg 44. Proof-like, handling marks. UNC.
From the Collection of an Alexandrine Numismatist, formed before 1955.
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