Obverse. Image Courtesy of Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS.com)
  • 5 Pounds 2000, KM# 929, Egypt, 100th Anniversary of Al-Ahlia Insurance
  • 5 Pounds 2000, KM# 929, Egypt, 100th Anniversary of Al-Ahlia Insurance
Description

The "National Insurance Company" is the first insurance company to provide services to the Egyptian people, as there were some branches and representative offices of a number of European insurance companies in Egypt, specifically from the United Kingdom and Italy, which began operating in the last decade of the nineteenth century and were providing Insurance service for foreigners residing in Egypt only, not for Egyptians. In the year 1900, the National Bank of Egypt established the first insurance company in Egypt, the National Insurance Company of Egypt, on May 29, 1900, in accordance with the decree issued by Khedive Abbas Helmy, to practice general insurance activity only.

Obverse

Depicts a statuette of the guardian goddess Serket seated on a throne, holding 100 in one hand and the other ankh, Serket wears a tight-fitting sheath dress reaching to her ankles.

Serket (also known as Serqet, Selket, Selqet, Selcis, or Selkis) is the goddess of healing venomous stings and bites in Egyptian mythology, originally the deification of the scorpion. Her family life is unknown, but she is sometimes credited as the daughter of Neith and Khnum, making her a sister to Sobek and Apep.

العيد المئوى
100
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التأمين الاهلية

Reverse

Denomination divides dates (Gregorian and Hegira), legend "Arab Republic of Egypt" above.

جمهورية مصر العربية
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جنيهات
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Edge
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Silver
Fineness 0.720
Weight 17.5 g
Diameter 37 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Cairo Mint

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