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1 Dollar Pteranodon
| Issuer | Eritrea |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1993-1997) |
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| Obverse lettering | ኤርትሪያ ★★★ ERITREA ★★★ الارتري ★★★ 1993 PM (Translation: Eritrea) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Eritrea declared independence from Ethiopia in May 1993 after a 30-year war and a subsequent referendum that returned a 99.8% vote for separation. The new government moved quickly to establish the trappings of sovereignty, issuing collector coinage almost immediately — this piece appeared the same year independence was formally recognized. The series had no domestic circulation purpose; it was produced entirely for the foreign numismatic market, a common revenue strategy for newly formed states with limited hard currency reserves.