25 piastres 1972 — Egypt ( Pick: 42 )
Region:
Africa
Front side
Back side
Banknote description
The banknote is a 25 piastres issued in Egypt in 1972. It is cataloged under Pick number 42. Its dimensions are 140 x 70 mm, and it is printed on paper.
The front side features a design with a blue, green, and brown color scheme on a multicolored underprint. It depicts the Sphinx with a statue at the left center. The unique signature of Ahmed Zendo is present, marked as signatures 13 and 14. The back side displays the U.A.R. arms at the center and includes a watermark of an archaic Egyptian scribe.
This banknote was printed by the Central Bank of Egypt. The noted dates span from June 2, 1967, to January 4, 1975.
The front side features a design with a blue, green, and brown color scheme on a multicolored underprint. It depicts the Sphinx with a statue at the left center. The unique signature of Ahmed Zendo is present, marked as signatures 13 and 14. The back side displays the U.A.R. arms at the center and includes a watermark of an archaic Egyptian scribe.
This banknote was printed by the Central Bank of Egypt. The noted dates span from June 2, 1967, to January 4, 1975.
Specifications
- Signed by
- Ahmed Zendo
- Date of issue
- 1967-1975
- Printing office
- Central Bank of Egypt
- Paper
- paper
- Colour
- blue, green, and brown on multicolored underprint
- Dimensions
- 140 x 70 mm
- Pick catalog
- 42
About this banknote
The Central Bank of Egypt issued the 25 piastres banknote (Pick 42) in 1972, during Ahmed Zendo's tenure as Governor from 1971 to 1976. This note was part of a series introduced between 1967 and 1975, with the 1972 issue featuring Zendo's signature.
The obverse displays the Great Sphinx of Giza and the "Egypt's Renaissance" statue by Mahmoud Mokhtar. The reverse features the United Arab Republic's coat of arms with two stars, symbolizing the union between Egypt and Syria from 1958 to 1961. The watermark is an archaic Egyptian scribe.
