Front: (value) جـنـيه ٥ (t.'a.h.ī.n.g ←,
genihat, 5 pounds)
legend: (above, state name) جمهورية مصر العربية
(transliterated: Gomhoreyyet Maṣr el-ʿArabeyya,
translated: Arab Republic of Egypt)
(low-left, Western year) ١٩٩٨ (1998)
(bottom, spacer) mirrored decoration
(low-right, Arabic year) ١٤١٩ (AH1419)
Back: Symbolic design above a wreath with a ribbon
with (incuse period years) ١٩٨ ١٩٩٨۳
legend: (above, subject in Arabic) العيد الغضى لنصر اكتوبر
(r.b(a).ū.t.k.'u r.ṣ.n.l(i) ỳ.ḍ.f(a).l.'a d.ī.'e.l.'a ←,
translated: Silver anniversary of October victory)
Edge: G – grained, type: bars
