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| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#18 |
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| Obverse lettering | СТОЛЕТНА ДРЖАВНОСТ · РЕПУБЛИКА МАКЕДОНИЈА · 2 АВГУСТ 2003 · 100 ДЕНАРИ |
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| Reverse lettering | ИЛИНДЕН · Dame Gruev · 1903-2003 |
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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.