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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2972005, member: 82322&quot;]Modern Egyptian commemoratives are cool.&nbsp; I have one in silver.&nbsp; This one has an interesting back-story.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]729293[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]729295[/ATTACH]</p><p>Egypt 1406 (1986) ١٩٨٦ 5 Pounds, Silver (.720), 17.5g, 37.1mm</p><p>Obverse: inscription, atomic symbol, two facing ancient Egyptian figures (representing Sema Towy) with the torso shown frontally but head and legs to the side.</p><p>Reverse: جمهوريه مصر العربيه Arab Republic of Egypt.</p><p>KM# 615</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was struck in 1986 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Egyptian Atomic Energy Organization.&nbsp; The organization had announced plans to build a reactor.&nbsp; This coin shows an atomic symbol and an ancient scene, the <i>Sema Towy</i>,</p><p>symbolizing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_and_Lower_Egypt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_and_Lower_Egypt" rel="nofollow">the union of upper and lower Egypt</a> depicted by knotted papyrus and reed plants. The binding motif &quot;represents both harmony through linkage and domination through containment.&quot;&nbsp; The perfect ancient symbol for the containment of atomic power in a reactor!</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately in 1986 the Russian reactor at Chernobyl melted down.&nbsp; There was little interest in building an Egyptian reactor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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