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20 Dalasis Return of Hong Kong to China
| Issuer | Central Bank of The Gambia |
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| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of The Gambia occupies the central field, featuring a shield charged with crossed axes, supported by two rampant lions. Above the shield rises a helmet surmounted by a battle-axe and feathered crest. A ribbon below the supporters bears the national motto in three segments: PROGRESS, PEACE, and PROSPERITY. The legend REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA arcs along the upper periphery, with the date 1997 inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Chinese |
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The Gambia issued this piece as one of several commemorative coinages marking the 1997 handover of Hong Kong from British to Chinese sovereignty — a diplomatic event that generated an extraordinary volume of commemorative issues worldwide, mostly from small nations with no direct connection to either party. The Central Bank of The Gambia was among the more prolific issuers of such opportunistic commemoratives during the 1990s.
KM#38 is copper-nickel rather than the silver used in the more widely collected variants of this handover series.