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PUBLIC PROPOSES NEW BANKNOTE DESIGNS FOR EGYPTThe government of Egypt recently decided to let the value of its currency float freely, its value decided by the currency markets
rather than the government. With this backdrop a social media campaign sprung up requesting design ideas for new Egyptian banknotes. A number of very
nice designs were submitted. Here are a few. -Editor
 After the shocking news of the Egyptian pound floatation, a group of youth were able to think outside the box and launched a creative Facebook campaign calling on Egyptian artists to redesign the banknote of the national currency starting from 25 piasteres to LE 200. The campaign's Facebook page created a hashtag #Egyptian_currency_design_challenge which went viral on social media with photos of several breathtaking currency designs illustrating the campaigns initiatives that would challenge Egyptian artists to get creative. “This design challenge is an open call to all Egyptian graphic artists & Illustrators to express their thoughts & share their vision by redesigning the Egyptian currency paper money,” the page said.  The founders of the page stressed that the challenge is not supported or accredited by any official governmental entity or institution and it is held only for the purpose of displaying our rich Egyptian art and culture by sharing visions, concepts and thoughts from talented Egyptian creative artists with the rest of the world. The designers created intriguing designs for the 100, 200 and one Egyptian pound banknotes. Within their creative designs, the artists used photos of various iconic figures and symbols from the Pharonic era including Queen Nefertiti who has the lionshare among the designs including other such as, King Tutankhamun, Sphinx, Horus eye and Karnak temple and the Giza pyramids.  Be sure to read the complete article online to see more of the designs. -Editor
Web site visitor Timothy E. Kaldas commented: Given that the official language of Egypt is Arabic it would be great if the designers could use that language in their design. Good design isn't just pretty, is practical. Ahmed Hafez commented: Can we have new bills in Arabic?? since that's the language people understand and speak? lol To read the complete article, see:  Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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