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  • 1 Pound 1980, KM# 515, Egypt, Cairo University, 100th Anniversary of the Faculty of Law
  • 1 Pound 1980, KM# 515, Egypt, Cairo University, 100th Anniversary of the Faculty of Law
Description

Cairo University, also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university. Its main campus is in Giza, immediately across the Nile from Cairo. It was founded on 21 December 1908.

The Faculty of Law, Cairo University, is one of the leading colleges in Egypt and the Middle East. It is the first law faculty established in Egypt in 1868 during the reign of Khedive Ismail under the name "School of Administration and Languages", and since its inception it was - and still is - the mother college for all law faculties in Egypt.

Obverse

Depicts the logo of the Faculty of Law at Cairo University (an open book and the scales of justice), above the Dome of Cairo University, the inscriptions "Established in 1869" above and "The Centenary of the Faculty of Law, Cairo University" below.

أنشئت سنة ١٨٦٩
العيد المئوي لكلية الحقوق جامعة القاهرة

Reverse

Denomination divides dates (Gregorian and Hegira), legend "Arab Republic of Egypt" above.

جمهورية مصر العربية
واحد
جنيه
١٩٨۰ ۱٤۰۰

Edge

1 Pound

Cairo University
100th Anniversary of the Faculty of Law

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KM# 515 Schön# 227
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Silver
Fineness 0.720
Weight 15 g
Diameter 35 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Cairo Mint

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