{"product_id":"algeria-p148-2000-dinars-2022-unc-commemorative-league-of-arab-states-session","title":"Algeria P148 2000 Dinars 2022\tUNC—Commemorative League of Arab States Session","description":"\u003cp\u003eA monument to independence, a monumental mosque, and a natural stone arch in the Sahara: Algeria’s \u003cstrong\u003e2022 2000-dinar commemorative\u003c\/strong\u003e brings national memory, modern architecture, and desert scenery together on an unusual \u003cstrong\u003eDuraSafe hybrid substrate\u003c\/strong\u003e. Issued on \u003cstrong\u003eNovember 2, 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e, it marks the \u003cstrong\u003e31st Arab League summit in Algiers\u003c\/strong\u003e, putting the host country’s landmarks alongside a map of the Arab world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMonument:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Martyrs’ Memorial in Algiers, also known as Maqam Echahid or the Sanctuaire des Martyrs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMap:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Arab world, linking the design to the summit.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlag:\u003c\/strong\u003e Algeria’s national flag.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInscriptions:\u003c\/strong\u003e “BANK OF ALGERIA” and “TWO THOUSAND DINARS,” with Arabic and Latin-script lettering.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNatural landmark:\u003c\/strong\u003e A stone arch in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tassili_n%27Ajjer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eTassili n’Ajjer National Park\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArchitecture:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Grand Mosque of Algiers, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Djamaa_el_Djaza%C3%AFr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eDjamaa el Djazaïr\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLandscape:\u003c\/strong\u003e Saharan rock formations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInscriptions:\u003c\/strong\u003e “BANK OF ALGERIA” and “TWO THOUSAND DINARS,” with Arabic and Latin-script lettering.\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 P148, listed as P-W148 in the supplied catalog entry; TBB B413; Numista N#349608.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emir_Abdelkader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eEmir Abdelkader\u003c\/a\u003e and an electrotype 2000.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hybrid substrate, DuraSafe; not an all-polymer banknote.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 158 × 72 mm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bank of Algeria.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gov. Salah Eddine Taleb; General Director of Public Treasury Belkacem Delindi.\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\u003eIssue date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 2, 2022.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSecurity feature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kurz thread with Kinegram Color.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommemoration:\u003c\/strong\u003e The 31st session of the League of Arab States in Algiers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e UNC (Uncirculated).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA summit on money you could spend\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003e31st Arab League summit\u003c\/strong\u003e was held in \u003cstrong\u003eAlgiers on November 1–2, 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e. This is a \u003cstrong\u003ecirculating commemorative\u003c\/strong\u003e, not simply a souvenir certificate: a regional diplomatic event became part of the imagery of everyday currency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arab_League\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eArab League\u003c\/a\u003e was founded in \u003cstrong\u003e1945\u003c\/strong\u003e, and Algeria joined in \u003cstrong\u003e1962\u003c\/strong\u003e, the year of its independence. The map on the front expresses the summit’s regional scope, while the monuments and landscape establish the identity of its host.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eIndependence remembered, a skyline transformed\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eMartyrs’ Memorial\u003c\/strong\u003e commemorates those who died in Algeria’s struggle for independence. Its towering, curved forms make it one of \u003cstrong\u003eAlgiers’s most recognizable landmarks\u003c\/strong\u003e. Placing it on the front anchors the note in the history of the modern state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reverse presents a different kind of monument: the \u003cstrong\u003eGrand Mosque of Algiers\u003c\/strong\u003e, with its exceptionally tall minaret. Beside it, the \u003cstrong\u003enatural stone arch and rock formations of Tassili n’Ajjer\u003c\/strong\u003e provide a striking contrast between human construction and landscapes shaped over geological time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe leader hidden in the watermark\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eHold the note to the light and the watermark introduces \u003cstrong\u003eEmir Abdelkader\u003c\/strong\u003e, the nineteenth-century leader of resistance to French conquest. Remembered as a military leader, scholar, and religious figure, he adds a historical portrait to a design otherwise centered on monuments, geography, and diplomacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a collector, the interest extends to the material itself: \u003cstrong\u003eDuraSafe is a hybrid substrate rather than ordinary paper or an all-polymer sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e. Together with the watermark and \u003cstrong\u003eKinegram Color security thread\u003c\/strong\u003e, it gives this commemorative a technological story as well as a visual one.\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. 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, roughly 3 million residents across the wider urban area; 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\u003eEconomy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oil and natural gas are central to export earnings and public finances.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain exports:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oil, natural gas, and petroleum products.\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, with French 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; simple labels do 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 the 1954–1962 war; 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 brings exposure:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dependence on oil and gas earnings makes global energy-price changes consequential for the economy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAfrica’s largest country:\u003c\/strong\u003e Algeria became the continent’s largest country by area after South Sudan’s independence in 2011.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Black Decade:\u003c\/strong\u003e The violence of the 1990s, following the interruption of the electoral process, left a deep mark on society.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA desert archive:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tassili n’Ajjer’s rock art records past environments and human life; the area became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAmazigh recognition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tamazight gained official-language status in 2016.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMass peaceful protest:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Hirak movement began in 2019 and helped bring an end to Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s presidency.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eOwn this \u003cstrong\u003e2022 Algerian 2000-dinar commemorative in Uncirculated condition\u003c\/strong\u003e: a summit, a memorial, a grand mosque, and a Saharan arch, united on a \u003cstrong\u003ehybrid-substrate banknote with a hidden historical portrait\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53106043584823,"sku":"DZ148U","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/DZ148o_copy_3.jpg?v=1791333989","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/algeria-p148-2000-dinars-2022-unc-commemorative-league-of-arab-states-session","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}