Algeria 5-DINARS (KM123)¶
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Reverse ELEPHANT
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Obverse Denomination
- Composition
- Steel
- Country
- Algeria
- Approx. Size
- 24.5mm
- Area
- Africa
- Animal Class
- Mammals
- Species
- Elephant
- KM#
- 123
Once upon a time, thousands of years ago, elephants lived in Algeria. The climate was much wetter then, but now the sparse vegetation and dry climate cannot support animals like elephants.
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.
