Front: (value) قروش ١٠ (sh.ū.r.q ←, qirush, 10 piastres)
right of seated writing figure (right, Set god of chaos and war)
legend: (above, state name) جمهور ية مصر العربية
(transliterated: Gomhoreyyet Maṣr el-ʿArabeyya,
translated: Arab Republic of Egypt)
(lower-right, Western year) ١٩٨١ (1981)
(right, spacer/dash) -
(upper-right, Arabic, year) ١٤٠١ (AH1401)
(below, ) يوم رالعلمييز
(z.ī.ī.m(a).l(a).'e(u).l.'a r.m.w.y(a) ←, ... Scientists Day)
Back: Satelite dish left of two towers on a stylized globe
between (above) radiant sun (bottom) mirrored wreath
of two branches with (2x6) 12 leaves and a cog wheel as knot
legend: (above, motto) إمن لخشى الله مزعبا ذةالعلماء
(l.m.l.'a.b.' z.m h.l.l.'a ā.sh.kh.l n.m.'a ←, scientists ....)
