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Nicaragua, 5 cordobas, 1980.  Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino.


Mr Elderton based this design on drawings supplied by the Nicaraguan Bank.

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Swaziland, 1 cent, 1986.  Crown Prince Makhosetive. 

Standard circulation obverse portrait.
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Swaziland, 1 lilangeni, 2011.  Queen Dzeliwe Shongwe.


This portrait first appeared on the reverse of the 1 lilangeni coin in 1986.
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Rwanda, 1000 francs, 1989.  25th anniversary of the the Republic of Rwanda.

Obverse: President Juvénal Habyarimana.
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Brunei, $1000, 1984.  Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. 

Independence commemorative of 1984.


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Jamaica, 50 dollars, 1995.  Bob Marley.
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Jordan, 1 dinar, 1992.  King Hussein. 

40th anniversary of his reign.
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Jordan, 5 dinars, 1999.


The final numismatic portrait of King Hussein of Jordan.

Here he is in the year of his death with his fourth wife, Elizabeth Najeeb Halaby.
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Jordan, ½ dinar, 2000.  King Abdullah.
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Gambia, 10 dalasis, 1992. 

The visit of Pope John Paul II to Gambia.
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Cape Verde, 100 escudos, 1990. 

The visit of Pope John Paul II to Cape Verde.


This coin was issued in gold and silver versions.

The model for this piece was made by Robert Elderton.

Design material for the portrait supplied by the bank.
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East Caribbean States, $10, 1998.  25th anniversary of CARICOM.


The designs portrays the four signatories to the treaty:

President of Guyana: Forbes Burnham.

Prime Minister of Barbados: Errol Barrow.

Prime Minister of Jamaica: Michael Manley.

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago: Eric Williams.
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Philippines, 10 piso, 1988.  Second anniversary of the People Power Revolution.
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