Egypt 5 Pounds 2003

History

5 Pounds 2003, KM# 919, Egypt, 50th Anniversary of Al Gomhuria Newspaper

Obverse. Image Courtesy of Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS.com)

Description

Al Gomhuria (Arabic: الجمهورية; English: The Republic) is an influential state-owned Egyptian Arabic language daily newspaper.

Al Gomhuria was established in 1954 following the Egyptian revolution and became the new regime's leading media outlet. The paper was published using the facilities of the Wafd party's newspaper Al Misri, which had been disestablished by the regime. Anwar Sadat became the editor of the daily. The publisher of the paper is Dar Al Tahrir which was founded following the 1952 revolution. However, Al Gomhuria could not completely achieve the goals set by Gamal Abdel Nasser.

The circulation of the daily in 2000 was 400,000 copies. The 2005 circulation of the daily was 200,000 copies.

Obverse	Construction (building, bridge etc.) Building Person (politician, revolutionary, entrepreneur) Hosni Mubarak Depicts a portrait of President Hosni Mubarak behind him the building of Al Gomhuria Newspaper and the inscription "Al Gomhuria 50 Years 2003" Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak (1928–2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in the Egyptian Air Force. He served as its commander from 1972 to 1975 and rose to the rank of air chief marshal in 1973. In 1975, he was appointed vice president by President Anwar Sadat and assumed the presidency after his assassination in 1981. Mubarak's presidency lasted almost thirty years, making him Egypt's longest-serving ruler since Muhammad Ali Pasha. Mubarak stepped down during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 after 18 days of demonstrations. الجمهورية ٥٠ عاما ٢٠٠٣
Reverse	Denomination divides dates (Hegira and Gregorian), inscription "Arab Republic of Egypt" above. جمهورية مصر العربية ٥ جنيهات ١٤٢٤ ٢٠٠٣
Edge	Reeded (milled)