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100 Dollars Marine Life Protection
| Issuer | Bank of Namibia |
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| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 1998 REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA |
| Reverse description | A polychrome multicolor scene depicts two humpback whales — an adult and a calf — rendered in naturalistic detail against a deep blue circular ocean background occupying the central field. The larger whale is shown in full profile swimming to the right, while the smaller calf appears above and behind it; red coral and green aquatic vegetation are visible along the lower portion of the scene. The legend MARINE LIFE PROTECTION arcs along the upper periphery in raised gold lettering, and the denomination $100 appears in the lower exergue. The composition is framed by a beaded border consistent with the obverse. |
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Namibia's marine environment — particularly the Benguela Current system off its Atlantic coast — supports one of the world's most productive fisheries, and the late 1990s saw the newly independent nation (independence came only in 1990) actively asserting jurisdiction over those waters through domestic legislation and international agreements. This coin was issued squarely within that period of regulatory consolidation.
KM#15 is a low-mintage collector piece with negligible circulation history, produced for the international bullion and numismatic export market rather than domestic use.