Algeria 20-CENTIMES (KM107.2)¶
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Reverse RAM (sheep)
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Obverse Denomination
- Composition
- Aluminum-Bronze
- Country
- Algeria
- Approx. Size
- 22mm
- Area
- Africa
- Animal Class
- Mammals
- Species
- Ram
- KM#
- 107
The rams head 20-centime coin was minted in 1975 (KM#107.1, 107.2), and again in 1987 (KM#118). Rams have been trained to fight for sport in Algeria. Apparently this has been going on for quite a long time.
Algeria¶
- Area
- Africa
Algeria has been a Muslim city since around 950, and the Phoenecians and Romans were hanging around the area before then. Around 1492 a population of Jews and Moors who had been kicked out of Spain took up residence. In 1518 the Turks took over the show. Then, for about 300 years, the Barbary Pirates had their head office there. The French came to town in 1830 and mixed it up for 18 years before annexing the whole country. By the time World War II was on, a whole lot of things happened.
