Live auction - fwo_374021 - EGYPT - KINGDOM OF EGYPT - FAROUK 2 Piastres an AH1356 1937
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 26 July 2016 15:30:00 |
Type : 2 Piastres an AH1356
Date: 1937
Quantity minted : 500000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 833 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,81 g.
Edge : striée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE EGYPTIENNE).
Obverse description : Buste à gauche du roi Farouk.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE EGYPTIENNE).
Reverse description : Légende dans un cercle décoré.
Historical background
EGYPT - KINGDOM OF EGYPT - FAROUK
(1936-1952)
Farouk (1920-1952), son of Fouad I, succeeded his father in 1936 as King of Egypt and Sudan. On January 20, 1938, he married Safinaz Zulficar (1921-1988) who received the name Farida and with whom he had three daughters. He divorced in 1948 and married in 1951 Narriman Sadek (1934) who gave him a son, Fouad II, born in 1952. He abdicated in 1952 in favor of his son Fouad II who was deposed on June 18, 1953.
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