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100 Kwanzas Prince Henry
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Angola |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Angola occupies the central field, depicting a half cogwheel overlaid with a machete and an open book, surmounted by a five-pointed star, all enclosed within a wreath of branches. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE ANGOLA arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin letters. The date 1999 is inscribed in the lower exergue beneath the arms. The overall design is rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished proof field. |
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| Reverse lettering | PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR 1394-1460 100 KWANZA |
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Angola's 1999 commemorative program was issued during one of the most destructive phases of the country's civil war, when UNITA and MPLA forces were locked in renewed fighting following the collapse of the Lusaka Protocol. That a national bank functioning under those conditions produced a silver commemorative at all says something about the political priority placed on projecting institutional normalcy to foreign markets.
Prince Henry the Navigator's connection to Angola is foundational — Portuguese explorers operating under his patronage reached the Angolan coast in the 1480s, decades after his 1460 death, making him an indirect rather than direct figure in the region's colonial history.