Item number: A2644

Year: AD 1970 (AH 1390)

Material: Gold

Size: 22.5 x 22.5 mm

Weight: 8.0 g

Manufactured by: Egyptian Mint Authority, Cairo

Provenance: Fuchin Coin 2025

This is a 5-pound gold coin issued in AH 1390 (AD 1970) by Egypt, which at the time bore the official name “United Arab Republic.”

The obverse of the coin features a right-facing portrait of then-President Gamal Abdel Nasser, with a mint mark from the Egyptian Mint Authority located beneath the neckline. The reverse side bears a circular Arabic inscription along the upper rim reading “الجمهورية العربية المتحدة” (“United Arab Republic”). At the centre, the denomination “جنيهات خمسة” (5 pounds) is inscribed in two lines. The lower portion displays the Gregorian year “١٩٧٠” (1970) alongside the corresponding Hijri year “۱۳۹٠” (1390). Adorning the bottom edge is a regal motif consisting of vulture wings and a cobra, symbolising a royal crown.

In AD 1952, following a military coup, Gamal Abdel Nasser seized power in Egypt and began actively promoting Pan-Arabism throughout North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. He advocated for the unification of Arab states to collectively resist Israel and the dominance of Western powers. However, his vision faced opposition from Arab monarchies, notably Saudi Arabia, which viewed such unification efforts with suspicion.

Despite this resistance, Nasser’s Pan-Arabist ideology resonated with Syria, and on February 1, AD 1958, Egypt and Syria officially merged to form the United Arab Republic (UAR). Nonetheless, tensions soon arose within the union. Syrian leaders grew increasingly dissatisfied with the centralised authority in Cairo and Egypt’s dominant role in governance. As a result, in AD 1961, Syria withdrew from the union. Egypt, however, retained the name “United Arab Republic” until AD 1971, when it was officially changed to the Arab Republic of Egypt.

物件編號: A2644

年代: 公元 1970 年 (回曆 1390 年)

材質: 黃金

尺寸: 22.5 x 22.5 mm

重量: 8.0 g

製造地: 埃及國營鑄幣廠，開羅

來源: 福君錢幣 2025

這是一枚回曆1390年 (公元1970年)，彼時正式國名為「阿拉伯聯合共和國」的埃及所發行之面額5鎊的金幣。

錢幣正面是時任總統的賈邁·阿布杜-納瑟右側肖像，脖子下方有一個埃及國營鑄幣廠的戳記。錢幣背面上緣以環形的阿拉伯銘文標示國名「الجمهورية العربية المتحدة」(阿拉伯聯合共和國)，中間的兩行銘文則是面額「جنيهاتخمسة」(5鎊)，下緣則是發行的公元年份「١٩٧٠」(1970) 和對應的回曆紀年「۱۳۹٠」(1390)。錢幣的下緣則有兀鷲翅膀和眼鏡蛇組成的王冠作為裝飾。

公元1952年，納瑟藉由軍事政變獲得埃及政權後，大力在北非和阿拉伯半島鼓吹泛阿拉伯主義，主張各個阿拉伯國家應當統一，一同對抗以色列和歐美列強。然而納瑟的主張遭到沙烏地阿拉伯為首擁有王室的阿拉伯國家反對。不過公元1958年，納瑟的主張獲得敘利亞的響應，兩國在當年2月1日共同組成阿拉伯聯合共和國。然而兩國合併之後，敘利亞方面不滿意首都定於開羅，並且由埃及方面主導政權，因此公元1961年敘利亞便選擇退出。至於埃及則保留「阿拉伯聯合共和國」為國名，直到公元1971年更名為「埃及阿拉伯共和國」。