Front: (texted value) جـنـيه واحــد (d.ḥ.'a.w h.ī.n.g) ←,
waahid Geni, one pound)
legend: (above, state name) جمهورية مصر العربية
(transliterated: Gomhoreyyet Maṣr el-ʿArabeyya,
translated: Arab Republic of Egypt)
(lower-left, Western year) ١٩٨١ (1981)
(bottom, spacer) mirrored decoration
(lower-right, Arabic, year) ١٤٠٢ (AH1402)
Back: Nationalist Ahmad 'Urabi (front-right) on a horseback
in front of (left) men on horses (right) standing men
legend: (period years, upper-left) ١٩٨١ (1981)
(upper-right) ١٨٨١ (1881)
(below, subject)
ذكرى مرورمــا نةعام عاى قيام الثودة العرالبـية
(a.ī.b.l.'a r.'.l.'a at.d.ū.th.l.'a m.'a.ī.q ā.'a.' m.'a.' at._
'a.m.r.ū.r.m.ā.r.k.dh ←, Anniversary the Revolution of Ahmed ‘Urabi)