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Algeria
Country in North Africa
Algeria is a North African country with a Mediterranean coastline and a Saharan desert interior. Many empires have left legacies here, such as the ancient Roman ruins in seaside Tipaza. In the capital, Algiers, Ottoman landmarks like circa-1612 Ketchaoua Mosque line the hillside Casbah quarter, with its narrow alleys and stairways. The city’s Neo-Byzantine basilica Notre Dame d’Afrique dates to French colonial rule.
Capital and largest city: Algiers
36°42′N 3°13′E
Official languages: Arabic, Berber
Area: 2,381,741 km2
Currency: Dinar (DZD)
Time zone: UTC+1 (CET)
Driving side: right
Calling code: +213
ISO 3166 code: DZ
The dinar is the monetary currency of Algeria and it is subdivided into 100 centimes. Centimes are now obsolete due to their extremely low value.
100 Dinars
Metal Bi-metallic center - copper-aluminum-nickel, ring - copper-nickel.
Weight 11 g, Diameter 29.5 mm, Thickness 2.3 mm
Obverse: A head of an Arabian horse looking right is accompanied with the year in the islamic and the gregorian calendars and surrounded with an adornment.
Reverse: The facial value is written with a palm tree for the number 1, the obverse of the coin for the first 0 and its symmetry for the second 0. It is surrounded with the Arabic inscription "Bank of Algeria" (on top) and "dinars" (underneath) and two stars. The palm tree is inscribed inside a pattern shaped like a door from the southern Algeria.
50 Dinars
Metal Bi-Metallic Stainless Steel center in Aluminium-bronze ring, Weight 9.27 g, Diameter 28.5 mm, Thickness 2.26 mm
Obverse: A head of dama gazelle (Nanger dama, formerly Gazella d.) looking left is accompanied with the year in the islamic and the gregorian calendars and surrounded with a stylized pattern inspired by the arches of the Ottoman period.
Reverse: The facial value is surrounded with the Arabic inscription "Bank of Algeria" (on top) and "dinars" (underneath) and two stars.
Figure 50 design refers to an architecture item from the Ottoman era.
20 Dinars
Metal Bi-Metallic brass center in stainless steel ring
Weight 8.62 g, Diameter 27.5 mm, Thickness 2.07 mm
Obverse: A head of Barbary lion looking left is accompanied with the year in the islamic and the gregorian calendars and surrounded with a stylized pattern inspired by the Hammadid architecture.
Reverse: The facial value is surrounded with the Arabic inscriptions and two stars.
Figure 20 design refers to a brooch decorated with a bird's head. This dates back to the Hammadite era.
Lettering:
بنك الجزائر 20 دينارا (Bank of Algeria 20 Dinars)
10 Dinars
Metal Bi-Metallic Aluminium-magnesium center in Stainless Steel ring, Weight 4.95 g, Diameter 26.5 mm, Thickness 2.01 mm
Obverse: A head of a Barbary falcon (Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides, a sub species of the peregrine falcon) looking right is surrounded with the year in the Islamic and the Gregorian calendars.
Reverse: The facial value is surrounded with the Arabic inscription "Bank of Algeria" (on top) and "dinars" (underneath) and two stars.
Figure 10 design refers to a epigraphic pattern from the Merinide era.
5 Dinars
Metal: Stainless Steel, Weight 6.15 g, Diameter 24.65 mm, Thickness 1.95 mm
Obverse: The front part of an African elephant looking right is accompanied with the year in the Islamic and the Gregorian calendars and surrounded with a stylized pattern inspired by a Numidian mosaic.
Reverse: The facial value is surrounded with the Arabic inscription "Bank of Algeria" and two stars.
Figure 5 design refers to an item from a Massinissa mortuary furniture.
2 Dinars
Metal: Stainless Steel, Weight 5.13 g, Diameter 22.5 mm, Thickness 1.84 mm
Obverse: A head of dromedary Camel looking right is accompanied with the year in the islamic and the gregorian calendars and surrounded with a stylized pattern inspired by the Almoravid architecture
Binomial Name: Camelus dromedarius.
Reverse: The facial value over a map of Algeria is surrounded with the Arabic inscription "Bank of Algeria" (on top) and "dinars" (underneath) and two stars
Figure 2 design refers to an architecture detail from the Almoravide era.
1 Dinars
Metal: Stainless Steel, Weight 4.2 g, Diameter 20.6 mm, Thickness 1.84 mm
Obverse: A full-face head of a prehistoric buffalo is surrounded with the year in the islamic and the gregorian calendars and rock paintings.
Reverse: The facial value over a map of Algeria is surrounded with the Arabic inscription "Bank of Algeria" (on top) and "dinars" (underneath) and two stars.
Figure 1 design refers to an arrow head from the neolithic.
