Egyptian Eagle

cosmicdebris · January 22, 2004 4:33AM

This and his 4 smaller brothers arrived today.

Steve27 · January 22, 2004 4:44AM

Do you know the origin of that eagle? I only ask because Syria uses the same one on some of their coins.

JohnZ · January 22, 2004 4:44AM

Beautemous!

Tell us yokels who don't know from Egyptian coins a little bit about them.

Enquiring minds want to know.

tbirde56 · January 22, 2004 5:03AM

Actually, it is a falcon and the state emblem of both countries, perhaps because of the bird's fierceness and independence.

farthing · January 22, 2004 5:08AM

From Krause:
"On Feb. 1, 1958, Egypt and Syria formed the United Arab Republic. Yeman joined on March 8 in an association known as the United Arab States. Syria withdrew from the United Arab Republic on Sept. 19, 1961, and on Dec. 26 Egypt dissolved its ties with Yemen in the United Arab States. On Sept. 2, 1971 Egypt finally shed the name United Arab Republic in favor of the Arab Republic of Egypt."

During this period Egypt and Syria used the same eagle design on their coins.
After the breakup in 1961 the eagle used by Syria faces the other direction and had 3 stars or no stars on the shield.

cosmicdebris · January 22, 2004 5:24AM

So it is an eagle right?

newsman · January 22, 2004 6:14AM

Was it a proof set?

newsman · January 22, 2004 6:23AM

<< <i>After the breakup in 1961 the eagle used by Syria faces the other direction and had 3 stars or no stars on the shield. >>

Some Egyptian coins also have an eagle facing right with no stars on the shield.

tbirde56 · January 22, 2004 6:27AM

My info source, Schon's World Coin Catalogue only states it is a falcon.

A list of eagle and falcon species in the Middle East:

White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeeutus albicilla).
Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus).
Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina).
Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga).
Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis).
Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti).
Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca).
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos).
Bonelli's Eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus).
Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus).
*
Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni).
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus).
Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus).
Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae).
Sooty Falcon (Falco concolor).
Merlin (Falco columbarius).
Hobby (Falco subbuteo).
Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus).
Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug).
Gyr Falcon (Falco rusticolus).
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus).
Barbary Falcon (Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides).
*
Other Raptors:
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus). Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus). Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus). Red Kite (Milvus milvus). Black Kite (Milvus migrans). Bearded Vulture or Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus). Egyptian Vulture (Neophron perenopterus). Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus). Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus). Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus). Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus). Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus). Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus). Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus). Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes). Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus). Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis). Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo). Steppe Buzzard (Buteo buteo vulpinus). Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus). Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus).

Spinynorman · January 22, 2004 7:03AM

Eagle or buzzard?

farthing · January 22, 2004 7:40AM

I believe the good Dr. Feuchtwanger meant it to be an eagle. Lets just say he wasn't much of an artist.

Spinynorman · January 23, 2004 1:47AM

How about this one from Syria? It looks more like a parrot to me...

XpipedreamR · January 23, 2004 2:20AM

Cool...I'll have to check out that corner of the world!!!

tbirde56 · February 7, 2004 1:21PM

A reply from an Egyptian government source said:
'Please be advised that the bird on the Egyptian flag is an eagle representing courage and might.
In Egypt, we have coins of 5, 10, 25 piasters. A dollar equals some 660 piasters.
Banknotes: 25 and 50 piasters, L.E.1, L.E. 5, L.E. 10, L.E. 20, L.E. 50, L.E. 100.'
L.E. stands for Pounds Egyptian, I believe.

newsman · February 7, 2004 2:02PM

L. stands for lira, the Arabic word for pound

wybrit · February 7, 2004 9:54PM

I thought the same thing, that it was a falcon. Falconing is popular in the middle east. In the UAE (United Arab Emirates), the falcon is one of the country's symbols.

In Egypt, however, it's an eagle.

lordmarcovan · February 8, 2004 5:50AM

<< <i>Do you know the origin of that eagle? I only ask because Syria uses the same one on some of their coins. >>

Not to mention Iraq!

<< <i>I believe the good Dr. Feuchtwanger meant it to be an eagle. Lets just say he wasn't much of an artist. >>

Don't y'all knock ol' Dr. Feuchtwanger's eagle- I think it was as good as a lot of the mint product of the era, and superior to the design of the cents that were in production then! I have a Feuchtwanger cent on my Holey Coin Vest.

Egyptian Eagle

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