A little egyptian silver or piastres I love

laurentyvan

I bought this silver Egyptian 10 Piastre some time ago and loved the even wear and the grey toning. Always wanted the rest of the short series in the same condition. The 2,5,10, and 20 Egyptian Piastres from the British Occupation coinage under Hussein Kamil all tend to have (at least in my limited experience) the same nice toning.
They were struck in 1916 and 1917 and are pretty affordable to me in this grade.

I recently found the 20 Piastre and noticed the wear and toning on both of them was very similar to a lot of British florins and double florins I have seen including my 1889 shown here.
Were the piastres struck in Britain by any chance?








Yeah, I know Vicky looks tired and scratched-part of her charm to me I guess.




For contrast another new acquisition is this 1964 Egyptian 50 Piastre coin with a small mintage of 250,000 in UNC.

tbirde56

I know that some of the 1917 issues had an H mintmark for the Birmingham mint in England.

a2labmom

those older Egyptian coins are fabulous looking. Thank you so much for sharing.