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20 Centimes
| Issuer | Algeria |
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| Year | 1964 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1964-date) |
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| Obverse description | The first state emblem of Algeria, as used from 1962 to 1971, occupies the central field, depicting two crossed Algerian national flags, the Hand of Fatima (Khamsa), and a crescent enclosing a star. The emblem is rendered in low relief against a plain field. A circular Arabic legend surrounds the design along the rim, identifying the issuing state. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1964-١٣٨٣ ٢٠ عشرون سنتيما (Translation: 1964-1383 20 Twenty centimes) |
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Algeria's first post-independence coinage series, introduced in 1964, was a deliberate assertion of national currency infrastructure following 132 years of French colonial administration. The franc had been replaced by the Algerian dinar in April 1964, and this 20 centimes piece — a subunit of that new currency — was part of the inaugural issue produced before Algeria established its own mint capacity. Early strikes of the series were produced abroad while the Banque Centrale d'Algérie, founded just two years prior in 1962, consolidated monetary operations.