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100 Dollars Jurassic Park
| Issuer | Bank of Eritrea |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Value | 100 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Central circular cartouche depicts a coastal scene featuring a camel with rider standing beneath a palm tree at left, and a traditional dhow under sail on calm waters at right, with birds in flight above the horizon. The date 1997 appears in the lower portion of the central design within the cartouche. The legend ERITREA runs along the upper portion of the outer border in Latin script, flanked by a continuous beaded rim, while Arabic and Ge'ez inscriptions appear to the left and right within the field, separated by stars arranged around the periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | ኤርትሪያ ★★★ ERITREA ★★★ الارتري ★★★ 1997 PM (Translation: Eritrea) |
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Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a thirty-year war, and the newly established Bank of Eritrea almost immediately began issuing collector-oriented gold and silver pieces — a strategy less about domestic monetary policy than about generating foreign currency revenue through numismatic sales. The Jurassic Park tie-in dates to the mid-1990s licensing wave that followed Spielberg's 1993 film, when a number of small or newly sovereign nations struck themed issues under commercial licensing arrangements.
These were sold primarily through overseas distributors, never intended for Eritrean circulation.