Description:
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.
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