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100 Namibia Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Namibia |
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| Year | 1999-2003 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1993-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette rendered in intaglio presents a group of four gemsbok (Oryx gazella) standing on open ground, with the species name "ORYX" captioned below; the Namibian national flag appears in an engraved panel to the upper left beside the denomination numeral "100". A fine guilloche underprint in pastel tones of yellow, green, and teal fills the background, with "BANK OF NAMIBIA" inscribed vertically along the left margin and the full denomination legend running across the lower border. |
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| Protection description | Watermark portrait of Kaptein Hendrik Witbooi visible in the unprinted area to the left of centre; embedded security thread |
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Namibia gained independence from South African administration in 1990, but the Namibian dollar itself didn't arrive until 1993 — the three-year gap reflects how long it took to establish the Bank of Namibia as a fully operational central bank and negotiate the currency's parity with the South African rand, which it still tracks at 1:1. That fixed relationship was a deliberate political choice, not an accident of geography, and it meant the 100-dollar note entered circulation as a high-denomination instrument in a country where cross-border wage labor remained common.
Thomas De La Rue printed this series under Governor Alweendo's tenure, his signature appearing on issues across several years within the 1999–2003 window.