{"product_id":"algeria-coins-km-141-100-dinars-2018-2019-unc-bimetallic-alcomsat-1","title":"Algeria KM#141 100 Dinars Coin 2018-2019 UNC—Bimetallic—Alcomsat-1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStruck to commemorate Algeria's first national telecommunications satellite, this bimetallic 100-dinar coin is one of the most technically ambitious commemorative issues in Algerian numismatic history — and one of the few coins in the world to display three simultaneous calendar systems on a single face.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eObverse\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColors\/materials:\u003c\/strong\u003e aluminium bronze center (golden tone) in stainless steel outer ring (silver tone)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDenomination \"100\" in Arabic numerals at center\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIssuer name in the outer ring in Arabic: \u003cem\u003eبنك الجزائر \/ 100 \/ دينار\u003c\/em\u003e (\"Bank of Algeria \/ 100 \/ Dinars\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eReverse\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColors\/materials:\u003c\/strong\u003e matching bimetallic composition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alcomsat-1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAlcomsat-1\u003c\/a\u003e satellite depicted in orbit above the globe, with Africa prominently shown and Algeria in higher relief; Europe, part of Asia, and a portion of South America also visible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTriple-calendar date at right: Berber \/ Gregorian \/ Hijri (varies by variety — see below)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOuter ring of 20 stars divided into two groups of 10 (top and bottom), separated by two Bank of Algeria monograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOther Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties (all covered by this listing):\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBerber 2968 \/ 2018 \/ 1440 —\u003c\/strong\u003e first issue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eBerber 2969 \/ 2018 \/ 1440\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eBerber 2969 \/ 2019 \/ 1440\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eBerber 2970 \/ 2020 \/ 1441\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog numbers:\u003c\/strong\u003e KM# 141; Numista N#162566\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bimetallic — aluminium bronze center in stainless steel ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDiameter:\u003c\/strong\u003e 29.50 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThickness:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.30 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShape:\u003c\/strong\u003e Round\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdge:\u003c\/strong\u003e Milled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrientation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Coin alignment (↑↓)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/strong\u003e Milled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bank_of_Algeria\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBank of Algeria\u003c\/a\u003e (بنك الجزائر)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMint:\u003c\/strong\u003e Algiers, Algeria (1962–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDemonetized:\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e No — current legal tender\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algerian_dinar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAlgerian dinar\u003c\/a\u003e (1964–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial languages:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arabic\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArabic\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tamazight\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTamazight (Berber)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Algeria\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name:\u003c\/strong\u003e From \u003cem\u003eAl-Jazā’ir\u003c\/em\u003e (الجزائر), Arabic for \"The Islands\" — referring to four small islands that once lay off the coast of Algiers before being absorbed into the harbor; the name was applied first to the city, then to the country\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCapital:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algiers\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAlgiers\u003c\/a\u003e (city pop. ~3.4 million; metro ~5.6 million)\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Same root as the country — \u003cem\u003eAl-Jazā’ir\u003c\/em\u003e, \"The Islands\"; the city was a major Ottoman port and later the seat of French colonial administration from 1830 to 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePopulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~46 million (UN 2024) — comparable to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spain\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSpain\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Argentina\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArgentina\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2,381,741 km² (919,595 mi²) — the largest country in Africa and the Arab world; comparable to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alaska\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAlaska\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texas\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTexas\u003c\/a\u003e combined\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGDP per capita (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purchasing_power_parity\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePPP\u003c\/a\u003e):\u003c\/strong\u003e ~$12,500 (IMF 2024)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain exports:\u003c\/strong\u003e Crude oil, natural gas, refined petroleum, ammonia, dates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBorders:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tunisia\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTunisia\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLibya\u003c\/a\u003e (northeast\/east), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Niger\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNiger\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mali\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMali\u003c\/a\u003e (south), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mauritania\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMauritania\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Sahara\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWestern Sahara\u003c\/a\u003e (southwest), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morocco\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMorocco\u003c\/a\u003e (west); Mediterranean Sea to the north\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial\/spoken languages:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arabic\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArabic\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tamazight\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTamazight\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFrench\u003c\/a\u003e widely used in business and education\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEthnicities:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab-Berbers\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArab-Berbers\u003c\/a\u003e (~99%), with small communities of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tuareg_people\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTuareg\u003c\/a\u003e and other groups\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMemberships:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eUnited Nations\u003c\/a\u003e (1962); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African_Union\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAfrican Union\u003c\/a\u003e (1963, founding member as OAU); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab_League\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArab League\u003c\/a\u003e (1962); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OPEC\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOPEC\u003c\/a\u003e (1969); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOrganisation of Islamic Cooperation\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSovereignty:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ottoman regency of Algiers (1516–1830); French colonial rule (1830–1962); independence declared July 5, 1962 following the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algerian_War\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAlgerian War of Independence\u003c\/a\u003e (1954–1962); People's Democratic Republic (1962–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAlgeria Unfiltered\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlgeria is the largest country in Africa — yet roughly 90% of its population lives on just 12% of its land, clustered along the Mediterranean coastal strip; the rest is \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sahara\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSahara\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algerian_War\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAlgerian War of Independence\u003c\/a\u003e (1954–1962) killed an estimated 300,000–1.5 million Algerians and displaced over 2 million — France did not officially acknowledge it as a \"war\" until 1999\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlgeria has three official calendar systems running simultaneously: the Gregorian, the Islamic Hijri, and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berber_calendar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBerber (Amazigh) calendar\u003c\/a\u003e — all three appear on this coin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe country sits on the world's 10th-largest proven natural gas reserves and is Europe's third-largest gas supplier — making its energy policy a matter of continental significance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timgad\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTimgad\u003c\/a\u003e, a Roman colonial city founded by Emperor Trajan in 100 AD, lies perfectly preserved in the Aurès Mountains — its grid layout so precise it is sometimes called the \"Pompeii of North Africa\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThree Calendars on One Coin\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe reverse date inscription is unlike almost anything else in world numismatics. Rather than a single year, it displays three simultaneous dates — one in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berber_calendar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBerber (Amazigh) calendar\u003c\/a\u003e, one Gregorian, one Islamic Hijri — reflecting Algeria's constitutional recognition of Tamazight as a co-official language alongside Arabic in 2016. The Berber calendar, which counts from 950 BC (the approximate date of the Berber king \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shoshenq_I\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSheshonq I\u003c\/a\u003e's accession to the Egyptian throne), is rarely seen on official state coinage anywhere in the world. Its presence here is a deliberate act of cultural restitution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAlcomsat-1 — Algeria's Leap into Space\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alcomsat-1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAlcomsat-1\u003c\/a\u003e was launched on December 11, 2017 aboard a Chinese Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center — Algeria's first geostationary communications satellite and the most significant single infrastructure investment in the country's post-independence history. Built by the China Great Wall Industry Corporation under a $400 million agreement, it provides telecommunications, internet, and broadcast coverage across Algeria, Africa, and parts of Europe. The coin's reverse shows it in orbit above a globe where Algeria is rendered in higher relief than surrounding nations — a cartographic assertion of national pride pressed into metal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOwn this coin\u003c\/strong\u003e and you hold one of the most conceptually rich commemoratives in modern African numismatics — three calendars, one satellite, and a country asserting its identity in orbit and in metal simultaneously.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52110594310455,"sku":"DZKM#141UNC","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/100-Alcomsat-r.jpg?v=1778601720","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/algeria-coins-km-141-100-dinars-2018-2019-unc-bimetallic-alcomsat-1","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}