speaking of money

Most of you might not know what Egyptian money looks like.

For now I’ll give you the 1-Pound note, which is rapidly becoming extinct since the introduction of 1-Pound coins several years ago. (The drawer in cash registers was filled by a new 200-Pound note, the 100-Pound having been previously the largest. We all curse whenever ATM’s spit out 200-Pound notes, because they are difficult to break with merchants, who rarely want them.)

1 Egyptian Pound is worth a little under 20 U.S. cents. Say, 16 or 17 cents.

Here as on all the notes, this front side is in Arabic and features an Islamic monument in Egypt. The backsides are always in English and feature something from Ancient Egypt (the back of the 1-Pound has Abu Simbel on it, the giant Ancient Egyptian monument near the border with Sudan).