Egyptian Coins 20 Piastres Silver Coin of 1923, King Fuad I.

Egyptian Coins - Silver 20 Piastres Coin, King Fuad I

Coins of Egypt -  20 Piastres

Egyptian Coins 20 Piastres Silver Coin, King Fuad I, mint date 1923 (AH 1341).

Obverse: Bust of Fuad I as King of Egypt right. Arabic legends to right.
Reverse: Decorative Kufic legends within medallion, flanked by dates (1923/AH 1341)

Reference: Davenport 21, KM-338.
Diameter: 40 mm
Weight: 27.9 gram of Silver (.833)

Fuad I of Egypt

Fuad I (Arabic: فؤاد الأول‎, Fu’ād al-Awwal; 26 March 1868 – 28 April 1936) was the Sultan and later King of Egypt and Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, Kordofan, and Darfur. The ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty, he became Sultan of Egypt and Sudan in 1917, succeeding his elder brother Sultan Hussein Kamel. He substituted the title of King for Sultan when the United Kingdom recognised Egyptian independence in 1922.