FAUNA ON BANKNOTES - AFRICA:
Egypt
Egypt pick 31c: 5 Pounds from 1952
8.5.1952-11.8.1960. Dark green, gray-blue and brown. Tutankhamen at right. Mosque at left. Back: Green. Allegorical figures. Watermark: Flower.
Collectors Comment: rev,: 3 fish
Egypt pick 44c: 1 Pound from 1967
12.5.1967-19.4.1978. Brown and black on multicolored underprint. Sultan Quayet Bey mosque at left center. Archaic statues on back. Watermark: Archaic Egyptian scribe.
Collectors Comment: rev.: falcon, goose. bulls
Egypt pick 48: 20 Pounds from 1976
5.7.1976; 1978. Green and black on multicolored underprint. Mohammed Ali mosque at left, Arabic legends at right. Archaic war chariot at left center, frieze at center right on back. Watermark: Egyptian scribe.
Collectors Comment: rev.: horses, vultures
Egypt pick 51a: 10 Pounds from 1978
24.6.(19)78-27.9.(20)00. Red-brown and brown-violet on multicolored underprint. Al-Rifai mosque at center, Pharaoh on back. Watermark: Tutankhamen's mask.
Collectors Comment: rev.: birds
Egypt pick 56b: 5 Pounds from 1986
2.2.(19)81. Olive-black and blue-black on multicolored underprint. Ibn Toulon mosque at center. Design symbolizing bounty of the Nile River at center on back. Top left serial number above border design and close to top edge of paper. Series 1.
Collectors Comment: rev.: cows, roe deer
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Egypt pick 73b: 10 Pounds from 2015
29.12.2015 - 4.1.2016. Brown and brown violet. Interior of Al-Rifai mosque. Back: statue of Chephren and pyramids. Wide segmented security thread. Improved version.
Collectors Comment: rev.: falco
Egypt pick 74a: 20 Pounds from 2016
10.3.2016. Black, gray-violet and deep green on multicolored underprint. Wide security thread (4mm).
Collectors Comment: rev.: horse
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Egypt pick 75a: 50 Pounds from 2016
11.2.2016. Multicolored. Wide security thread (4mm).
Collectors Comment: rev.: scarabaeus, cobras