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200 Dalasis Fridtjof Nansen
| Issuer | The Gambia |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The Gambian coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a shield supported by two lions rampant, with traditional Mandinka axe and hoe motifs. The shield is surmounted by a pineapple and flanked by decorative foliate elements. The circular legend 'REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA' arcs along the upper periphery, with the date '2016' positioned in the exergue below the arms. The design is rendered in high relief against a polished field, with a reeded border encircling the entire obverse. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Fridtjof Nansen crossed the Greenland ice sheet in 1888 and later came within 272 miles of the North Pole — a record at the time — but his greatest achievement may have been administrative. As League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees after World War I, he created the Nansen passport, a internationally recognized travel document that allowed stateless persons to cross borders at a time when most had no legal identity whatsoever. Over 450,000 were eventually issued.
The Gambia has no geographic or historical connection to Nansen; this is a bullion-adjacent commemorative produced for the collector market, a common revenue strategy for small nations with nominal minting programs.