In commemoration of the “Pharaohs’ Golden Parade” where twenty-two royal mummies of Kings and Queens were transferred from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat, on April 3rd, 2021, the Ministry of Finance issued a commemorative silver coin of 100 L.E carrying the ceremony’s official logo in both English and Arabic, to document the exceptional event.
In addition, the Ministry issued tradable 1 L.E and 50 piasters coins carrying the same logo as the silver coins, and that was announced in accordance with the Prime Minister’s Decree No. 20 of the year 2021.
It is worth-mentioning that the transferred royal mummies belong to the Kings and Queens from the Seventeenth to Twenty-Second Dynasties, including the mummies of King Seqenenre Tao, Amenhotep II, Thutmose II, Thutmose III, Seti I and Queen Hatshepsut.
