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20 Dalasis Endangered Wildlife
| Issuer | Central Bank of The Gambia |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing portrait bust of Sir Dawda Jawara, first President of The Gambia, depicted wearing a traditional West African kufi cap and draped in a formal robe. The effigy is rendered in high relief with fine detail to the facial features, eyeglasses, and textile folds. The circular legend 'REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA' arcs along the upper periphery, while the date '1994' appears to the lower right, separated by a dash. The field is deeply mirrored, consistent with proof striking. |
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| Reverse description | Central design featuring a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) seated in three-quarter view upon a log, rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. The animal is depicted holding a small branch with foliage in its right hand, with tropical palm fronds occupying the left and right foreground. The legend 'ENDANGERED WILDLIFE' arcs along the upper periphery in bold raised lettering, while the denomination '20 DALASIS' is inscribed in two lines along the lower field. The composition conveys a naturalistic wildlife aesthetic consistent with the endangered species commemorative series. |
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The Gambia's wildlife coinage program of the early 1990s was part of a broader wave of sub-Saharan conservation-themed issues aimed squarely at the collector export market — hard currency revenue for a country whose GDP per capita sat below $400 at the time. These pieces never circulated domestically in any meaningful sense.