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5000 Pesetas 20th Anniversary - Proclamation of Republic
| Issuer | Western Sahara |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | National arms of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic at center, comprising two crossed rifles over a shield flanked by olive branches, surmounted by a crescent and star emblem. An Arabic legend arcs around the upper field, reading the name of the republic. The denomination '5000' and the currency name in Arabic appear along the lower field. The design is rendered in high relief against a polished field. |
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| Reverse description | A veiled Sahrawi woman in traditional dress, carrying a rifle over her shoulder, depicted in three-quarter portrait against a desert landscape with sand dunes and a tent in the background. The dates '1976' and '1996' appear to the left and right of the central figure respectively, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the proclamation of the republic. The legend 'REPUBLICA SAHARAUI XX ANIVERSARIO' arcs around the upper field, and the denomination '5000 PESETAS SAHARAUIS' is inscribed along the lower rim, flanked by two small stars. |
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Western Sahara has no functioning government with recognized minting authority — these issues were produced by private licensing arrangements, typically through the Agence Comptable de Monaco or similar intermediaries, targeting the collector market rather than any actual circulation. The "proclamation of republic" referenced is the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, declared by the Polisario Front in 1976, which by 1996 controlled only a narrow strip of territory east of the Moroccan berm.
KM#35 is part of a wave of SADR-attributed issues from the mid-1990s with no monetary infrastructure behind them whatsoever.