100 Dinars

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Reverse description	A finely detailed equine head, depicting an Arabian horse facing right, is centrally placed on the aluminium bronze disc. The design is encircled by an ornamental border of traditional Algerian decorative motifs. The date appears in both the Islamic Hijri calendar and the Gregorian calendar, positioned within the field flanking the horse's portrait, reflecting the bilingual calendrical tradition of Algerian coinage.
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Edge	Reeded (185 reeds)
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Additional information	Algeria's bimetallic coinage program of the early 1990s followed a broader trend across francophone Africa toward higher-denomination circulating coins as inflationary pressure eroded the purchasing power of paper notes. The 100-dinar piece entered circulation the same year Algeria's military-backed government cancelled the second round of elections, plunging the country into a decade-long civil conflict. Coins of this type circulated heavily through that period and into the 2000s. The exceptionally long production window — over a quarter century with a single KM number — means date collectors encounter numerous year variants, some with considerably lower mintage figures than others.