Illustrated encyclopaedia of gold and silver coins of the world; illustrating the modern, ancient, current and curious, from A.D. 1885 back to B.C. 700 (1886)
Smith, Andrew Madsen, 1841-1915 · Philadelphia : A. M. Smith · leaf 426
23,150. There is a mint at Cairo, but no statistics arepublished. The coin most in use is the English soxcieign, of which, in 1883, thereAvas in circulation the value of $29,199,000, with proljably the same amount inNational coin, and half as much silver; the latter is generally the 3Iaria… … 424 Silver. EGYPT. No. PERIODOR SECTION. COIN. FINE. WEIGHT GRAINSOF PURE Coin. Silver VALUE. 1. Piaster. 0 20 Medins. 3. These Coins are so 4 Piaster. 4. base, being frequent- Ger.<.h. 5. ly copper with a thin i Piaster. 6. coating of poor sil- 1-16 Piaster. 7. ver, that they are of i Piaster.…
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