In Pics: First museum of commemorative coins in Egypt to be established

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Thu, 23 Aug 2018 - 02:29 GMT

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Thu, 23 Aug 2018 - 02:29 GMT

 The first museum of commemorative coins in Egypt will be established to include different historical coins that have been circulated in Egypt since 1950 to date-Press Photo

The first museum of commemorative coins in Egypt will be established to include different historical coins that have been circulated in Egypt since 1950 to date-Press Photo

CAIRO – 23 August 2018: The first museum of commemorative coins in Egypt will be established to include different historical coins that have been circulated in Egypt since 1950 to date, Minister of Finance Mohamed Ma’it declared.

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The first museum of commemorative coins in Egypt will be established to include different historical coins that have been circulated in Egypt since 1950 to date-Press Photo

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The first museum of commemorative coins in Egypt will be established to include different historical coins that have been circulated in Egypt since 1950 to date-Press Photo

This is within the Ministry of Finance’s framework to develop the Egyptian Mint Authority.
The museum will consist of a rare collection of commemorative coins, some of which were printed by the authority, and others that were printed outside Egypt before the authority was established.

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The first museum of commemorative coins in Egypt will be established to include different historical coins that have been circulated in Egypt since 1950 to date-Press Photo

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The first museum of commemorative coins in Egypt will be established to include different historical coins that have been circulated in Egypt since 1950 to date-Press Photo

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The first museum of commemorative coins in Egypt will be established to include different historical coins that have been circulated in Egypt since 1950 to date-Press Photo

Some of them represent influential international and Egyptian figures such as Mohamed Ali, Gamal Abdel Nasser as well as Arab and Islamic leaders, while others reflect important events such as digging the Suez Canal, building the High Dam and launching important national projects carried out in Egypt’s history.

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The first museum of commemorative coins in Egypt will be established to include different historical coins that have been circulated in Egypt since 1950 to date-Press Photo

The Ministry of Finance stressed that the museum will present as well a collection of medals, awards, armors made by the authority including Orders of the Republic of the First Class and Order of the Nile.

In this regard, the Mint Authority designs several coins, which will be issued in the upcoming years, to commemorate some historic events and figures.

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The first museum of commemorative coins in Egypt will be established to include different historical coins that have been circulated in Egypt since 1950 to date-Press Photo

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