Algeria 1-DINAR (KM129)¶
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Reverse PREHISTORIC BUFFALO
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Obverse Denomination
- Composition
- Steel
- Country
- Algeria
- Approx. Size
- 20.5mm
- Area
- Africa
- Animal Class
- Mammals
- Species
- Prehistoric Buffalo
- KM#
- 129
Neolithic cave paintings (c. 8,000-4,000 BCE) found in the Tassili n'Ajjer mountain range depict a thriving scene of giant buffalo and other large african animals before the desert (and invading cultures) took over. The sandstone mountain range is characterized by spectacular natural arches.
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.
