| Issuer | Egypt |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 50 Piastres |
| Currency | Pound (1916-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 135 × 70 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reference(s) | P#70 |
| Obverse description | Al Azhar Mosque and its Minarets. Al-Azhar Mosque (Al-Jāmiʿ al-ʾAzhar, lit. `The Resplendent Congregational Mosque`), known simply in Egypt as al-Azhar. It is an Egyptian mosque in Islamic Cairo. Al-Mu`izz li-Din Allah of the Fatimid dynasty commissioned its construction for the newly established capital city in 970. Its name is usually thought to derive from az-Zahrāʾ (meaning `the shining one`), a title given to Fatimah. It was the first mosque established in Cairo, a city that has since gained the nickname `the City of a Thousand Minarets`. |
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| Reverse description | The upper part of the statue of Ramses II, backed by a vertical multi-colored ornamental band and a collection of lotus flowers and the sun boat. At the bottom right corner appears a Pharaonic cartouche. On the left side of the note is a drawing taken from the façade of a Pharaonic temple. |
| Reverse lettering | Central Bank of Egypt Fifty Piastres |
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| Numisquare ID | 3383288230 |
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