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10 000 Pesos Elephant
| Issuer | Banco Nacional da Guiné-Bissau |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Guinea-Bissau occupies the central field, depicting a stylised black sea shell flanked by two crossed rifles beneath a scrolled banner inscribed UNIDADE LUTA PROGRESSO, all surmounted by a five-pointed star. Two palm fronds frame the central device in a wreath-like arrangement. The circular legend REPUBLICA DA GUINE-BISSAU runs along the upper periphery in Latin characters, while the denomination 10 000 PESOS is inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Guinea-Bissau's national bank issued a series of silver wildlife coins in the early 1990s as part of a broader African trend of producing collector issues for the hard-currency export market — revenue that mattered considerably for one of the world's poorest economies following years of post-independence instability. The Banco Nacional da Guiné-Bissau had itself only been established after the country's separation from the Cape Verde monetary union in 1975.
These pieces were never intended for domestic circulation and were largely distributed through European numismatic wholesalers.