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100 Denari Statehood, Dame Gruev
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Currency | Second denar (1993-date) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the twelfth anniversary of Macedonian independence, this coin is part of a broader commemorative program the National Bank launched in the early 2000s honoring figures central to the country's national identity. Dame Gruev co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization in 1893 — VMRO — which became the primary vehicle for armed resistance against Ottoman rule and remains a politically charged symbol in the region to this day.
The 1903 Ilinden Uprising, which Gruev helped organize, was crushed within months. He was killed in 1906, never seeing independence.