EGYPT (1 of 4)
Three things...
A Transport Token
Some Casino Tokens
A Club Token ?
French language on a tranport token of Cairo from 1920.
A token from Omar Khayyam Casino in Cairo (Image
from Forrest Stevens)
This is a recent casino token from the Omar
Khayyam Casino which is located within the Cairo Marriott, Saraya El
Gezira St., Zamalek, Cairo. This token is 25mm diameter and of
Copper-Nickel. It would seem to seem that this is for use with the
Video Poker games in the casino as all the other available games there
(according to the “Casinocity” website) are at tables e.g. roulette.
Another token from Omar Khayyam Casino in Cairo.
In November 2003 I managed to find myself an example of one of these
tokens, it is, as you see, a little different. The legends on this
piece are all in upper case and "EGYPT" is not included. As with the
other piece, obverse and reverse designs are the same. In May 2005 I
got an example of a third casino token type from this casino. It is as
per the second variety above but is of diameter 27mm (as opposed to
25mm) and is of an alooy of a slightly different silvery colour. The
person who got me this larger piece had actually been to this casino
earlier in the year. He was able to found out for me that the 25mm
pieces are of value 25 U.S. Cents in the casino (a quite common value
for that size) and the 27mm pieces are of value 1 U.S. Dollar in the
casino.
A further token from Omar Khayyam Casino in
Cairo, (actual diameter 37mm).
In 2007 I acquired this larger Omar Khayyam Casino token. This
larger token is 37mm in diameter and seems to be made from
Nickel-Brass. One side of this piece includes more obvious images of
Egypt – the Sphinx and a pyramid, the other side is as per my 25mm and
27mm tokens from this casino. I might guess that this piece has a value
of 5 USD in the casino – but this is only a guess.
Another Egyptian Token
The is piece is apparently of Brass and has a diameter of 23mm.
I believe this to be a club token from Cairo. The "P1" likely relates
to "1 Piastre".
I have no idea how scarce it might be - it was a much appreciated gift
rather than a purchase from a dealer.
Does anyone have some info for me on this one ? (See Egypt Token Page 4 of 4)
Update - addition of Kit Kat Lido piece at March 2003.
Update - addition of image & info of my Omar Khayyam Casino token
and update on tramways piece at February 2004.
Update - further info on the Omar Khayyam Casino tokens at August 2005
Update - addition of image of further Omar Khayyam Casino token
and another update on tramways piece at July 2008.