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10 Dollars Napoleon
| Issuer | Bank of Namibia |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of the Republic of Namibia occupies the central field, depicting a quartered shield supported by two oryx antelopes rampant, surmounted by a African fish eagle with wings displayed. A scroll beneath the shield bears the national motto in the legend: UNITY LIBERTY JUSTICE. The inscription REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA curves along the lower periphery, with the date 2009 appearing in the exergue below the arms. |
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| Obverse lettering | UNITY LIBERTY JUSTICE 2009 REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA |
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This piece belongs to a series issued by Namibia exploiting its status as a sovereign mint authority to produce collector coins with no domestic circulation intent — a common revenue model among smaller nations licensing historical themes from European mints. Napoleon is an odd subject for Namibia, whose colonial history runs through German South West Africa and later South Africa, not France. The gold-plated insert is a bi-metallic construction technique popularized in the 1990s by the Czech Mint and widely licensed afterward.