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Offline Pabitra

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Next time in Cairo
« on: August 24, 2018, 03:29:08 PM »
Will find time to visit

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/56480/In-Pics-First-museum-of-commemorative-coins-in-Egypt-to

wonder if any part of great collection of King Farouk will find some place there
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Re: Next time in Cairo
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2018, 08:28:37 AM »
Plans are good. Results are even better.

Quote from: Pabitra on August 24, 2018, 03:29:08 PM
wonder if any part of great collection of King Farouk will find some place there

AFAIK, that collection was disbursed. After the auction, unsold items were offered at ridiculous prices to the participating buyers.

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An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

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Re: Next time in Cairo
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2018, 08:53:02 PM »
I was informed ( perhaps wrongly) that only foreign coins were auctioned off.
Many Egyptian coins, some of them with low mintage ( minted to please the King) were not sold but transferred to some museum.

Since he was King only upto 1952, most of the coins would be older than that. Since this museum concentrates on Egyptian coins after 1950, much of his collection, even if available, may not be suitable.
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