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1 Dollar Eastern black-and-white colobus
| Issuer | Bank of Eritrea |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | At centre, a palm tree flanked by a camel to the left and a dhow under sail on the sea to the right, all contained within a circular border. A three-part trilingual legend encircles the design near the toothed rim, reading in Tigrinya, English, and Arabic, each section separated by three stars. The date 1994 and the Pobjoy Mint privy mark PM appear at the base of the legend. |
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| Obverse lettering | ኤርትሪያ ★★★ ERITREA ★★★ الارتري ★★★ 1994 PM (Translation: Eritrea) |
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Eritrea's first coin series appeared in 1994, just three years after independence from Ethiopia following a thirty-year war — one of the longest liberation conflicts in African history. The Bank of Eritrea issued these pieces as part of a wildlife series that doubled as the country's formal introduction to international numismatic markets, a newly sovereign nation announcing itself through its fauna.
The Eastern black-and-white colobus is native to the highland forests of the Horn of Africa, including Eritrea's own Filfil Solomuna reserve.