Algeria ½-DINAR (KM128)¶
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Reverse BARB (BERBER) HORSE
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Obverse Denomination
- Composition
- Steel
- Country
- Algeria
- Approx. Size
- 18mm
- Area
- Africa
- Animal Class
- Mammals
- Species
- Barb (Berber)
- KM#
- 128
The Barb (aka Berber) horse was originally developed on the Barbary Coast of North Africa around the 8th century. It is a powerful desert horse with incredible stamina and a fiery temperment. There are several kinds of Barb, but the most purebred breeds are found in the desert in Algeria and a few other surrounding countries.
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.
