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10 Dollars Triceratops
| Issuer | Eritrea |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | ኤርትሪያ ★★★ ERITREA ★★★ الارتري ★★★ 1993 PM (Translation: Eritrea) |
| Reverse description | A highly detailed relief depiction of a Triceratops dinosaur occupies the central field, shown in right-facing profile with its characteristic three-horned frill and robust body rendered with textured surface detail. The inscription 'PRESERVE PLANET EARTH' curves along the upper periphery in raised Latin lettering. The species name 'TRICERATOPS' is inscribed in the lower central field beneath the figure, with the denomination '$10' displayed prominently in the exergue area below. The composition forms part of Pobjoy Mint's 'Preserve Planet Earth' commemorative series. |
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Eritrea declared independence from Ethiopia in May 1993 after a thirty-year armed struggle and an internationally supervised referendum — making this among the earliest coins issued under the new state's authority. The government turned almost immediately to the commemorative collector market, a common revenue strategy for newly established nations with limited hard currency reserves and no established numismatic tradition.
The Triceratops subject has no particular connection to Eritrean geology or paleontology. It belongs to a wave of dinosaur-themed issues from small or newly sovereign states in the early 1990s targeting the international thematic collector market.