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1000 Pesetas The First Beer
| Issuer | Western Sahara |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Technique | Coloured |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic occupies the central field, depicting two crossed rifles below a crescent and star, flanked by olive branches, with a ribbon bearing an Arabic legend at the base. The legend REPUBLICA SAHARAUI arcs along the upper periphery in Latin script, while Arabic script fills the upper right arc. The denomination 1000 and additional Arabic lettering appear along the lower periphery, separated by small five-pointed stars. |
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| Reverse description | The central field bears a circular multicolour applique depicting a portrait of William IV, Duke of Bavaria, rendered after a period painting, juxtaposed with an image of a foaming glass of beer. Superimposed red lettering within the applique reads WILLIAM IV, DUKE OF BAVARIA, 1516, and THE FIRST BEER, commemorating the Bavarian Reinheitsgebot purity law of 1516. The outer border carries the raised legend PIONEROS DE LA HUMANIDAD arcing across the top and TRIUNFO Y AVENTURA along the bottom, all in Latin script. |
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| Reverse lettering | PIONEROS DE LA HUMANIDAD TRIUNFO Y AVENTURA WILLIAM IV, DUKE OF BAVARIA 1516 THE FIRST BEER |
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