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The coat of arms of Suriname is depicted in the center of the field, featuring two indigenous figures as supporters flanking a central shield, which bears a ship, a palm tree, and a diamond motif symbolizing the nation's heritage. The motto JUSTITIA PIETAS FIDES appears on a scroll at the base of the arms. The country name SURINAME is inscribed in large raised letters along the lower arc of the field. The entire design is encircled by a decorative wreath of stylized laurel or tropical foliage rendered in fine relief against a mirror-like proof field. |
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A colorized profile view of the iconic 1957 Ford Thunderbird automobile is depicted in the center of the field, rendered in vivid red with a white hardtop roof and white-wall tires, applied using a color printing technique on the proof surface. The legend USA THUNDERBIRD 1957 arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination S. 100 GUILDERS and the date 1996 arc along the lower periphery, all in raised Latin lettering against a deeply mirrored field. |
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Suriname's mid-1990s commemorative program produced several large-format copper-nickel pieces aimed squarely at the thematic collector market rather than circulation. The Thunderbird issue draws on Indigenous North American iconography — an unusual choice for a South American nation — reflecting the broad, sometimes scattershot approach Caribbean and South American mints took during this period to generate foreign exchange through coin sales. The face value of 100 Guilders was nominal; Suriname's guilder was experiencing serious inflationary pressure throughout the 1990s before the currency was eventually replaced by the Surinamese dollar in 2004.