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1000 Pesetas First Diesel Engine
| Issuer | Western Sahara |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Currency | Peseta (1975-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central multicolour applique insert depicts a portrait of Rudolf Diesel facing slightly left, wearing spectacles, with an industrial engine visible in the background. The inscriptions RUDOLF DIESEL and 1893 appear within the coloured insert, with FIRST DIESEL ENGINE arcing along the lower portion of the applique. The wide outer border carries the Spanish-language legends PIONEROS DE LA HUMANIDAD arcing across the top and TRIUNFO Y AVENTURA arcing across the bottom, all rendered in raised Latin lettering against a dark field. |
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| Mint | Valcambi, Balerna, Switzerland (1961-date) |
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Western Sahara has no functioning government with recognized coining authority — the territory has been administered by Morocco since 1976, and the Polisario Front's Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, while recognized by some states, has never operated a mint. Coins issued under the "Western Sahara" name are produced by private minting companies for the collector market, with no circulation history whatsoever.