Description:
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.
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