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EGYPT: Abdul Hamid II, 1876-1909, AE medal (42mm), 1901

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EGYPT: Abdul Hamid II, 1876-1909, AE medal (42mm), 1901
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This item SOLD at 2011 Sep 16 @ 12:32UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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EGYPT: Abdul Hamid II, 1876-1909, AE medal (42mm), 1901, Arabic text on one side, view of the dam and French text on the other, two tiny spots, otherwise lovely chocolate brronze, About Uncirculated, RR. Completion of the Bahr Hasan Wasif dam on the Nile (near Fayyum) on 5 September 1901, built by Brakalis Frères & Pasini and Patouna Frères. Probably struck in Paris.