Medal - High Dam completion celebration 1391 (1971) front Medal - High Dam completion celebration 1391 (1971) back
Medal - High Dam completion celebration 1391 (1971) photo
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Medal - High Dam completion celebration

1391 (1971) year
Bronze 34 g 41 mm
Description
Location
Egypt
Period
United Arab Republic (1958-1971)
Type
Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals
Year
1391 (1971)
Calendar
Islamic (Hijri)
Composition
Bronze
Weight
34 g
Diameter
41 mm
Thickness
4.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#136588
Rarity index
95%

Reverse

A drawing of the High Dam.

Edge

Plain

Comment


The Aswan High Dam, is an embankment dam built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. Its significance largely eclipsed the previous Aswan Low Dam initially completed in 1902 downstream.