Egypt 1 Pound 2019

History

1 Pound 2019, Egypt, 100th Anniversary of Birth of Anwar Sadat

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

Description

Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat (1918–1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981. Sadat was a senior member of the Free Officers who overthrew King Farouk in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and a close confidant of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, under whom he served as Vice President twice and whom he succeeded as president in 1970. In 1978, Sadat and Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, signed a peace treaty in cooperation with United States President Jimmy Carter, for which they were recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize.

The peace treaty was also one of the primary factors that led to his assassination; on 6 October 1981, militants led by Khalid Islambouli opened fire on Sadat with automatic rifles during the 6 October parade in Cairo, killing him.

Obverse	Military Patrol or field cap Person (politician, revolutionary, entrepreneur) Anwar Sadat Depicts Anwar el-Sadat at the military review parade facing left, the name Sadat in Arabic on the left over the anniversary dates. The engraver's mark is below on the right. Engraver: Ahmed K السادات 1918 2018 احمد ك
Reverse	Denomination divides dates (Hegira and Gregorian), state name (Arab Republic of Egypt) above, and the inscription "Man of War and Peace". The engraver's mark is below on the left. As President, he led Egypt in the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to regain Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, which Israel had occupied since the Six-Day War of 1967, making him a hero in Egypt and, for a time, the wider Arab World. Afterwards, he engaged in negotiations with Israel, culminating in the Egypt–Israel peace treaty; this won him and Menachem Begin the Nobel Peace Prize, making Sadat the first Muslim Nobel laureate. Although reaction to the treaty—which resulted in the return of Sinai to Egypt—was generally favorable among Egyptians, so he was called "Man of War and Peace" Engraver: Doa'a جمهورية مصر العربية ١ جنيه ١٤٤٠ هـ ٢٠١٩ م دعاء بطل الحرب و السلام
Edge	Reeded (milled)