Catalog
10 Dollars Ankylosaurus
| Issuer | Bank of Eritrea |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1993-1997) |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, a central design featuring a palm tree, a standing camel, and a traditional dhow at sea. A three-part encircling legend appears in Tigrinya (Ge'ez script), English, and Arabic separated by star ornaments, running along the toothed outer rim, with the date 1993 and mint mark PM incorporated into the legend. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Ge`ez, Latin |
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Eritrea declared independence from Ethiopia in May 1993 following a UN-supervised referendum, and this coin is among the earliest issues struck under the newly established Bank of Eritrea — a institution that barely existed when the dies were cut. The choice of an Ankylosaurus for a fledgling Horn of Africa nation has nothing to do with local paleontology; these coins were produced for the international collector market, contracted through foreign minting arrangements common to small new states needing hard currency and international visibility simultaneously.