Coins from Eritrea

Eritrea is a country in East Africa bordering Djibouti, Ethiopia and Sudan. It was a formerly Ottoman-claimed territory from the 16th century until its ruler, the Ottoman vassal of Egypt, broke away. It was subsequently colonised by Italy in the Scramble for Africa in 1889, and coinage was issued from 1890-96. It was united with Italian Somaliland and the conquered Abyssinia (Ethiopia) into "Italian East Africa" in 1936. The country was liberated by Allied forces after Italy entered WWII in 1941, and assigned to Ethiopia following the end of the war in 1945, until the late 1980s, when Eritrea broke away from Ethiopia following a brief war of independence that ended in 1993. Today it is an extremely poverty-wracked country; it has a population of about 5.1 million people as of 2018 and it uses the Eritrean Nakfa today.
Wikidata: Q986

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Dollar (1993-1997)

1 Dollar (Independence)
1993

Non-circulating coin: Independence of Eritrea – Independence Day
Copper-nickel • 28.4 g • ⌀ 38.8 mm
KM# 6, Schön# 6, N# 43015
Available for swap 1 Dollar (Triceratops)
1993

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Planet preservation series: Triceratops
Copper-nickel • 28.3 g • ⌀ 38.8 mm
KM# 10, Schön# 10, N# 15853
Available for swap 1 Dollar (Ankylosaurus)
1993

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth
Copper-nickel • 28.64 g • ⌀ 39 mm
KM# 13, Schön# 12, N# 82374
Available for swap 1 Dollar (Pteranodon)
1993

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth
Copper-nickel • 28.7 g • ⌀ 38.6 mm
KM# 14, Schön# 11, N# 44702
Available for swap 10 Dollars (Independence)
1993

Non-circulating coin: Independence of Eritrea – Independence Day
Silver (.9999) • 31.10 g • ⌀ 38.61 mm
KM# 7, Schön# 7, N# 100335
10 Dollars (Triceratops)
1993

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth
Silver (.925) • 28.28 g • ⌀ 38.61 mm
KM# 11, Schön# 13, N# 100336
10 Dollars (Ankylosaurus)
1993

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth
Silver (.925) • 28.28 g • ⌀ 38.61 mm
KM# 24, Schön# 15, N# 100337
10 Dollars (Pteranodon)
1993

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth
Silver (.925) • 28.28 g • ⌀ 38.61 mm
KM# 25, Schön# 14, N# 100338
50 Dollars (Independence)
1993

Non-circulating coin: Independence of Eritrea – Independence Day
Gold (.999) • 3.11 g • ⌀ 17.95 mm
KM# 8, Schön# 8, N# 100348
100 Dollars (Independence)
1993

Non-circulating coin: Independence of Eritrea – Independence Day
Gold (.999) • 6.22 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 9, Schön# 9, N# 100361
100 Dollars (Triceratops)
1993

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Protecting planet Earth
Gold (.999) • 6.22 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 12, Schön# 16, N# 100370
100 Dollars (Ankylosaurus)
1993

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Protecting planet Earth
Gold (.999) • 6.22 g • ⌀ 22 mm
KM# 26, Schön# 18, N# 100371
100 Dollars (Pteranodon)
1993

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Protecting planet Earth
Gold (.999) • 6.22 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 27, Schön# 17, N# 100372
Available for swap 1 Dollar (Cheetah)
1994

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Planet preservation series: cheetah
Copper-nickel • 28.28 g • ⌀ 38.6 mm
KM# 15, Schön# 19, N# 21077
Available for swap 1 Dollar (Black rhinoceros)
1994

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Preserving the planet series: Rhinoceros
Copper-nickel • 28.5 g • ⌀ 38.7 mm
KM# 16, Schön# 20, N# 22581
Available for swap 1 Dollar (Eastern black-and-white colobus)
1994

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Planet preservation series: Monkey
Copper-nickel • 28.7 g • ⌀ 38.7 mm
KM# 17, Schön# 21, N# 35581
10 Dollars (Cheetah)
1994

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth
Silver (.925) • 28.28 g • ⌀ 38.61 mm
KM# 18, Schön# 22, N# 100339
10 Dollars (Black rhinoceros)
1994

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth
Silver (.925) • 28.28 g • ⌀ 38.61 mm
KM# 19, Schön# 23, N# 100340
10 Dollars (Eastern black-and-white colobus)
1994

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth
Silver (.925) • 28.28 g • ⌀ 38.61 mm
KM# 20, Schön# 24, N# 100341
100 Dollars (Cheetah)
1994

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Protecting planet Earth
Gold (.999) • 6.22 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 21, Schön# 25, N# 100374
100 Dollars (Black rhinoceros)
1994

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Protecting planet Earth
Gold (.999) • 6.22 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 22, Schön# 26, N# 100375
100 Dollars (Eastern black-and-white colobus)
1994

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Protecting planet Earth
Gold (.999) • 6.22 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 23, Schön# 27, N# 100376
Available for swap 1 Dollar (Lion)
1995

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Planet preservation series: Lions
Copper-nickel • 28.28 g • ⌀ 38.61 mm
KM# 28, Schön# 28, N# 31868
Available for swap 1 Dollar (Cape eagle-owl)
1995

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Series: Preserving the planet - The Great Horned Owl
Copper-nickel • 28.28 g • ⌀ 38.61 mm
KM# 31, Schön# 29, N# 27527
10 Dollars (Lion)
1995

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth
Silver (.925) • 28.28 g • ⌀ 38.61 mm
KM# 29, Schön# 30, N# 100342
10 Dollars (Cape eagle-owl)
1995

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth
Silver (.925) • 28.28 g • ⌀ 38.61 mm
KM# 32, Schön# 31, N# 100344
100 Dollars (Lion)
1995

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Protecting planet Earth
Gold (.999) • 6.22 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 30, Schön# 32, N# 100378
100 Dollars (Cape eagle-owl)
1995

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Protecting planet Earth
Gold (.999) • 6.22 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 33, Schön# 33, N# 100379
Available for swap 1 Dollar (Wattled crane)
1996

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Planet preservation series: Wattled cranes
Copper-nickel • 28.28 g • ⌀ 38.6 mm
KM# 34, Schön# 35, N# 56265
Available for swap 1 Dollar (Laner falcon)
1996

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Series: Preserving the planet - The falcon
Copper-nickel • 28.3 g • ⌀ 38 mm
KM# 37, Schön# 34, N# 61144
10 Dollars (Wattled crane)
1996

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth
Silver (.925) • 28.28 g • ⌀ 38.61 mm
KM# 35, Schön# 37, N# 100345
10 Dollars (Laner falcon)
1996

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth
Silver (.925) • 28.28 g • ⌀ 38.61 mm
KM# 38, Schön# 36, N# 100346
100 Dollars (Wattled crane)
1996

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Protecting planet Earth
Gold (.999) • 6.22 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 36, Schön# 39, N# 100380
100 Dollars (Laner falcon)
1996

Non-circulating coin: Preserve Planet Earth – Protecting planet Earth
Gold (.999) • 6.22 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 39, Schön# 38, N# 100381
1 Dollar (Jurassic Park)
1997

Non-circulating coin: Jurassic Park
Copper-nickel • 28.28 g • ⌀ 38.61 mm
KM# 40, Schön# 40, N# 100333
10 Dollars (Jurassic Park)
1997

Non-circulating coin: Jurassic Park
Silver (.925) • 28.28 g • ⌀ 38.61 mm
KM# 41, Schön# 41, N# 100347
100 Dollars (Jurassic Park)
1997

Non-circulating coin: Jurassic Park – Jurassic Park movie - Triceratops
Gold (.999) • 6.22 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 42, Schön# 42, N# 100382

Nakfa (1997-date)

100 Cents = 1 Nakfa

Available for swap 1 Cent
1997

Circulating commemorative coin: End of Eritrean War of Independence
Nickel clad steel • 2.2 g • ⌀ 17 mm
KM# 43, Schön# 43, N# 2407
Available for swap 5 Cents
1997

Circulating commemorative coin: End of Eritrean War of Independence
Nickel clad steel • 2.7 g • ⌀ 18.9 mm
KM# 44, Schön# 44, N# 2406
Available for swap 10 Cents
1997

Circulating commemorative coin: End of Eritrean War of Independence
Nickel clad steel • 3.3 g • ⌀ 20.95 mm
KM# 45, Schön# 45, N# 2405
Available for swap 25 Cents
1997

Circulating commemorative coin: End of Eritrean War of Independence
Nickel plated steel • 5.8 g • ⌀ 23 mm
KM# 46, Schön# 46, N# 2404
Available for swap 50 Cents
1997

Circulating commemorative coin: End of Eritrean War of Independence
Nickel clad steel • 7.8 g • ⌀ 25 mm
KM# 47, Schön# 47, N# 2403
Available for swap 100 Cents
1997

Circulating commemorative coin: End of Eritrean War of Independence
Nickel clad steel • 10.3 g • ⌀ 27 mm
KM# 48, Schön# 48, N# 2402

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