{"product_id":"algeria-p-143-1000-dinars-2005-unc-commemorative-60th-anniversary-arab-league","title":"Algeria P143 1000 Dinars 2005\tUNC—Commemorative 60th Anniversary Arab League","description":"\u003cp\u003eAncient Saharan rock art meets modern Arab diplomacy on this \u003cstrong\u003e2005 Algerian 1000-dinar commemorative\u003c\/strong\u003e. Issued for the \u003cstrong\u003e60th anniversary of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab_League\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eArab League\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, it combines prehistoric imagery from Algeria’s desert landscapes with the organization’s anniversary emblem, linking a much older human story to a modern regional institution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRock art:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tassili cave carvings, drawing on the prehistoric heritage of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tassili_n%27Ajjer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eTassili n’Ajjer\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommemorative emblem:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Arab League’s official anniversary logo.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing inscription:\u003c\/strong\u003e “بنك الجزائر,” meaning “Bank of Algeria.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommemorative inscription:\u003c\/strong\u003e “60th anniversary of the founding of the Arab League.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDenomination:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1000 dinars.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gov. Mohamad Laksaci and General Secretary Mustapha Guerdoud.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain subject:\u003c\/strong\u003e An antelope from Hoggar rock-art imagery, associated with the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hoggar_Mountains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eHoggar Mountains\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLandscape:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rock formations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInscriptions:\u003c\/strong\u003e “Bank of Algeria” and denomination numerals 1000.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOther Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog numbers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pick P143; TBB B407; Numista N#220382.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water buffalo head pattern.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160 × 72 mm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bank of Algeria, also known as Banque d’Algérie.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gov. Mohamad Laksaci; General Secretary Mustapha Guerdoud.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/strong\u003e Algerian dinar, introduced in 1964.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2005.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e 001.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssue type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Circulating commemorative marking the Arab League’s 60th anniversary.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRelated design:\u003c\/strong\u003e Similar to the original 1998 1000-dinar issue, Pick P142, but distinguished by the official Arab League commemorative logo.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e UNC (Uncirculated).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhen the Sahara was not the Sahara we know\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rock art of \u003cstrong\u003eTassili n’Ajjer\u003c\/strong\u003e records people and animals from periods when parts of today’s Sahara were much wetter. Images of wildlife and pastoral life preserve evidence of environments and communities dramatically different from the present desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is the remarkable contrast within this note: a modern denomination carries imagery from a world of \u003cstrong\u003echanging rainfall, animals, and human settlement\u003c\/strong\u003e thousands of years before modern Algeria existed. The antelope and rock formations on the reverse make the prehistoric landscape part of the collectible’s identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSixty years of a league, thousands of years of history\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eArab League was founded on March 22, 1945\u003c\/strong\u003e. The note’s date, \u003cstrong\u003eMarch 22, 2005\u003c\/strong\u003e, falls exactly sixty years later. Algeria joined the organization in \u003cstrong\u003e1962\u003c\/strong\u003e, the year it became independent from France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe league provides a framework for cooperation among Arab states, but its members have often differed sharply over policy and regional conflicts. This banknote commemorates the institution’s longevity, not an unbroken record of political unity. Its special emblem is the detail that separates \u003cstrong\u003eP143\u003c\/strong\u003e from the related ordinary 1000-dinar design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout Algeria\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algeria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAlgeria\u003c\/a\u003e takes its name from Algiers. The Arabic \u003cem\u003eal-Jazā’ir\u003c\/em\u003e means “the islands,” referring to islands historically associated with the capital’s harbor.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCapital:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Algiers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAlgiers\u003c\/a\u003e, with roughly 3 million residents across the wider urban area; population totals vary with administrative and metropolitan boundaries.\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of the capital’s name:\u003c\/strong\u003e From Arabic \u003cem\u003eal-Jazā’ir\u003c\/em\u003e, “the islands.”\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePopulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 47 million (UN 2024 estimate), comparable to California and Washington combined.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 2,381,741 km² (919,595 mi²), around three and a half times Texas or roughly four times metropolitan France.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGDP per capita at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purchasing_power_parity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003epurchasing power parity\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e A year-specific figure is needed for meaningful comparison; no undated estimate is presented.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain exports:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oil, natural gas, and petroleum products dominate merchandise exports.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBorders:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Western Sahara, and Morocco; Mediterranean coastline to the north.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial\/spoken languages:\u003c\/strong\u003e Arabic and Tamazight are official; Algerian Arabic and Amazigh languages are widely spoken, and French remains important in many professional and educational settings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEthnicities:\u003c\/strong\u003e Arab and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berbers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAmazigh (Berber)\u003c\/a\u003e identities overlap in complex ways; a simple two-group division does not capture the country’s linguistic and cultural diversity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMemberships:\u003c\/strong\u003e United Nations, joined 1962; Arab League, joined 1962; Organization of African Unity, founding member in 1963, succeeded by the African Union; OPEC, joined 1969;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSovereignty:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ancient Numidian kingdoms were followed by Roman and later regional powers; Ottoman-era Regency of Algiers; French conquest began in 1830; independence followed a bitter war from 1954 to 1962; independent People’s Democratic Republic since 1962.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlgeria Unfiltered\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEnergy wealth, concentrated risk:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oil and gas provide major export earnings, leaving the economy exposed to changes in global energy prices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA continent-sized country:\u003c\/strong\u003e Algeria became Africa’s largest country by area after South Sudan’s independence in 2011.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA devastating civil conflict:\u003c\/strong\u003e The violence of the 1990s, often called the Black Decade, followed the interruption of the electoral process and left a deep mark on society.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA prehistoric archive in the desert:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tassili n’Ajjer’s rock art preserves extraordinary evidence of past environments and human life; the area became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo official language traditions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tamazight gained official-language status in 2016, recognizing a central part of Algeria’s Amazigh heritage.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA mass protest movement:\u003c\/strong\u003e The largely peaceful Hirak demonstrations began in 2019 and helped bring an end to Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s presidency.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eOwn this \u003cstrong\u003e2005 Algerian 1000-dinar commemorative in Uncirculated condition\u003c\/strong\u003e: prehistoric rock art, an antelope, and a regional anniversary, bringing \u003cstrong\u003ethe Sahara’s deep past and modern diplomacy\u003c\/strong\u003e together on one banknote.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53106040602935,"sku":"DZ143U","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/DZ143o.jpg?v=1791333284","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/algeria-p-143-1000-dinars-2005-unc-commemorative-60th-anniversary-arab-league","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}