Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a thirty-year war, and the newly established Bank of Eritrea almost immediately began issuing collector-oriented gold and silver pieces — a strategy less about domestic monetary policy than about generating foreign currency revenue through numismatic sales. The Jurassic Park tie-in dates to the mid-1990s licensing wave that followed Spielberg's 1993 film, when a number of small or newly sovereign nations struck themed issues under commercial licensing arrangements.
These were sold primarily through overseas distributors, never intended for Eritrean circulation.
Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a thirty-year war, and the newly established Bank of Eritrea almost immediately began issuing collector-oriented gold and silver pieces — a strategy less about domestic monetary policy than about generating foreign currency revenue through numismatic sales. The Jurassic Park tie-in dates to the mid-1990s licensing wave that followed Spielberg's 1993 film, when a number of small or newly sovereign nations struck themed issues under commercial licensing arrangements.
These were sold primarily through overseas distributors, never intended for Eritrean circulation.