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20 Qirsh CAI
| Issuer | Egypt |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Thickness | 1.52 mm |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicts two stylised winged figures — rendered in the manner of Horus falcons with fully spread wings — positioned head-to-head, evoking the imagery of flight and aviation. The composition forms a dynamic diamond-shaped negative space between the two figures, symbolising Cairo International Airport. A bilingual legend encircles the upper portion of the field in Arabic ('ميناء القاهرة الدولي') and the lower portion in Latin script ('CAIRO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT'), with both inscriptions set within the same beaded border as the obverse. |
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The CAI in this coin's name refers to the Cairo Anniversary Issue series struck to commemorate the city's millennial founding, traditionally dated to 969 AD when the Fatimid general Jawhar al-Siqilli established al-Qahira as the new imperial capital. Egypt produced a run of these commemorative circulation pieces through the 1980s, tying everyday coinage to a nationalist cultural program that the Mubarak government was actively promoting in its early years.