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1 Denar Christianity

Issuer National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia
Year 2000
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Composition Nickel brass
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Obverse script Latin
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Reverse description Central device portrays a depiction of a Byzantine copper follis coin showing the large Greek letter 'M' (mark of value), flanked by the letters 'A/N' to the left and 'N/O' to the right, with 'NIKO' (mintmark for Nicomedia) inscribed below, all within a beaded border evoking the ancient coin's original design. The circular legend 'НАРОДНА БАНКА НА РЕПУБЛИКА МАКЕДОНИЈА' (National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia) arcs around the upper periphery in Cyrillic script. Along the lower portion of the field, the denomination is inscribed bilingually as 'ДЕНАР 1 DENAR' in both Cyrillic and Latin scripts.
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Macedonia issued this coin specifically to mark the 2000th anniversary of Christianity — a decision that drew quiet diplomatic friction given the country's mixed religious population and its already fraught relationships with neighboring Greece and Bulgaria. The "Christianity" designation is printed directly on the coin itself, an unusual move for a secular republic's circulating coinage.