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1000 Pesetas The Discovery of America
| Issuer | Western Sahara |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1975-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a large multicolour applique portrait of Christopher Columbus facing slightly to the right, rendered in vivid polychrome enamel. Surrounding the applique, the legend CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS arcs along the upper periphery, with the date 1492 and the inscription THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA appearing in the lower field. Secondary inscriptions PIONEROS DE LA HUMANIDAD and TRIUNFO Y AVENTURA are also present in the field. |
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Western Sahara has no functioning government with internationally recognized monetary authority — the territory has been administered by Morocco since 1976 following Spain's withdrawal, while the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic claims sovereignty but controls only a fraction of the land. Coins issued under the "Western Sahara" name are produced for the collector market by private licensing arrangements, not by any mint operating within the territory itself.
Pairing that fiction with a 1492 theme adds a layer of irony: the Spanish colonization of the Americas and Spain's simultaneous presence along the West African coast were products of the same imperial moment.