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| Issuer | Eritrea |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse lettering | PRESERVE PLANET EARTH TRICERATOPS • $ 100 • |
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| Mintage | 1993 PM - Proof - 5,000 |
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Eritrea declared independence from Ethiopia in May 1993 after a 30-year armed struggle, and almost immediately began issuing collector coinage — not for domestic circulation, but as a revenue stream for a government that had essentially no foreign reserves. The Triceratops issue was part of that first wave, produced under contract by a foreign mint and aimed squarely at the international numismatic and bullion collector market.
Eritrea has no known fossil record of Triceratops. The subject was chosen purely for commercial appeal.