Catalog
50 Dinars
| Issuer | Banque d'Algérie |
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| Year | 1992-2021 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#126, Schön#42 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a left-facing portrait of a dama gazelle (Nanger dama, formerly Gazella dama), rendered in fine detail within the stainless steel centre. The year of issue is presented in both the Islamic (Hijri) calendar and the Gregorian calendar, positioned in the field adjacent to the animal. The entire design is encircled by a stylized decorative border inspired by the arched motifs characteristic of Ottoman-period architecture, framed within the outer aluminium bronze ring. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1993 1414 |
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Algeria's bimetallic coinage program of the early 1990s came during one of the most turbulent decades in the country's post-independence history. The 50 Dinar piece entered circulation just as the military cancelled the 1992 legislative elections — results that had favored the Islamic Salvation Front — triggering a civil conflict that killed an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 people over the following decade. Coins from the early striking years circulated through a country under a state of emergency that remained formally in place until 2011.
The extraordinarily long production span — nearly three decades from a single design — reflects the monetary conservatism of the Banque d'Algérie rather than any particular stability.