After the shocking news of the Egyptian pound floatation, a group of youth were able to think outside the box and launched a creative Facebookcampaign 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 severalbreathtaking currency designs illustrating the campaigns initiatives that would challenge Egyptian artists to get creative. "This design challenge isan open call to all Egyptian graphic artists & Illustrators to express their thoughts & share their vision by redesigning the Egyptian currency papermoney," 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 isheld only for the purpose of displaying our rich Egyptian art and culture by sharing visions, concepts and thoughts from talented Egyptian creativeartists 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 photosof various iconic figures and symbols from the Pharonic era including Queen Nefertiti who has the lionshare among the designs including other suchas, King Tutankhamun, Sphinx, Horus eye and Karnak temple and the Giza pyramids.

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