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100 Dinars Leopard
| Issuer | Darfur Sultanate |
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| Year | 1429 (2008) |
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| Currency | Dinar |
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| Obverse description | Central field features an ornate tughra-style calligraphic device enclosed within a multifoil cartouche, bearing the Shahada inscription in Arabic script. The country name in Arabic, 'سلطنة دارفور', appears as a legend along the upper margin, while the English legend 'DARFUR SULTANATE' is engraved in relief along the lower margin. The overall design reflects an Islamic artistic tradition, with the calligraphic motif dominating the square flan. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic/Latin |
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The Darfur Sultanate coinage program of 2008 was a political provocation as much as a numismatic exercise. Issued by the sultanate under Ali Dinar's claimed successor authority — an entity with no internationally recognized sovereignty and no functioning monetary system — these pieces were produced outside Sudan's official Central Bank framework entirely. They circulated nowhere.
X# classification confirms this: the Krause-Mishler X prefix denotes coins struck outside recognized governmental authority, placing this piece alongside fantasy issues and token coinages. That designation is accurate here.