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  • 50 Pounds 2022, Egypt, Egyptair, 90th Anniversary
  • 50 Pounds 2022, Egypt, Egyptair, 90th Anniversary
Description

Egyptair is the state-owned flag carrier of Egypt. The airline is headquartered at Cairo International Airport, its main hub, operating scheduled passenger and freight services to 70 destinations in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Egyptair is a member of Star Alliance.

Under the slogan “A long history … A bright future,” Egyptair celebrated its 90th anniversary. The national company was established on May 7, 1932, to be the first operating airline in the Middle East and Africa and the seventh airline in the world.

The company started its operation in the name of Misr Airwork in 1932 until 1941, and then it was renamed as MisrAir until 1960 when it was rebranded as the United Arab Airlines following the establishment of the United Arab Republic between Egypt and Syria. Since then, it is named as Egyptair.

Engraver: Neven

Obverse

Depicts a stylized 90 Years within a circle in the middle with the date (1932-2022) and the inscription "EGYPTAIR" below, surrounded by the emblem of Egyptair (Head of Horus, 25 times). Engraver name below l.

Horus or Her, Heru, Hor, Har in Ancient Egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably the god of kingship and the sky. He was worshipped from at least late prehistoric Egypt until the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Roman Egypt. He was most often depicted as a falcon, most likely a lanner falcon or peregrine falcon, or as a man with a falcon head.

90 YEARS
1932-2022
EGYPTAIR
نيفين

Reverse

Depicts winged Isis at the foot of the sarcophagus of Ramesses III (Depicted as kites or women with the wings of kites. This form may be inspired by a similarity between the kites' calls and the cries of wailing women, or by a metaphor likening the kite's search for carrion to the goddesses' search for their dead brother.) denomination in a circle divided the date in Arabic (Hijri) and Western (Georgian) calendars. The state name (Arab Republic of Egypt).

Isis was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingdom (c. 2686 – c. 2181 BC) as one of the main characters of the Osiris myth, in which she resurrects her slain brother and husband, the divine king Osiris, and produces and protects his heir, Horus. She was believed to help the dead enter the afterlife as she had helped Osiris, and she was considered the divine mother of the pharaoh, who was likened to Horus. Her maternal aid was invoked in healing spells to benefit ordinary people. Originally, she played a limited role in royal rituals and temple rites, although she was more prominent in funerary practices and magical texts. She was usually portrayed in art as a human woman wearing a throne-like hieroglyph on her head. During the New Kingdom (c. 1550 – c. 1070 BC), as she took on traits that originally belonged to Hathor, the preeminent goddess of earlier times, Isis was portrayed wearing Hathor's headdress: a sun disk between the horns of a cow.

جمهورية مصر العربية
خمسون
جنيها
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Edge

50 Pounds

Egyptair
90th Anniversary

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Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Silver
Fineness 0.720
Weight 25 g
Diameter 39 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Cairo Mint

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