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  • 20 Milliemes 1958, KM# 390, Egypt, Cairo International Fair, Agricultural and Industrial Fair
  • 20 Milliemes 1958, KM# 390, Egypt, Cairo International Fair, Agricultural and Industrial Fair
Description

The United Arab Republic (UAR) was a short-lived political union between Egypt and Syria. The union began in 1958 and existed until 1961, when Syria seceded from the union after the 1961 Syrian coup d'état. Egypt continued to be known officially as the "United Arab Republic" until 1971. The president was Gamal Abdel Nasser. It was a member of the United Arab States, a loose confederation with North Yemen which in 1961 dissolved along with the Republic.

Obverse

Depicts symbols of agriculture and industry (spike and fruit with stem trough a cog wheel) surrounded by the inscription "Commemoration of the Agriculture and Industrial Fair" and "Cairo".

تذكار سوق الانتاج الصناعي و الزراعي
القاهرة

Reverse

Denomination divides dates (Gregorian and Hegira), inscription "United Arab Republic" above.

الجمهورية العربية المتحدة
٢٠
مليما

Edge

20 Milliemes

United Arab Republic

Cairo International Fair
Agricultural and Industrial Fair

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Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Aluminium Bronze
Weight 5.9 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 1.8 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Cairo Mint

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