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100 Pesetas Guineanas Dürer's Praying Hands

Issuer Equatorial Guinea
Year 1970
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Value 100 Pesetas
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Obverse description The national coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea is displayed centrally in the upper field, featuring a shield with a silk-cotton tree above crossed elephant tusks, with a scroll below bearing the national motto 'UNIDAD PAZ JUSTICIA'. The arms are flanked by the crossed tusks in high relief against a mirror-like proof field. The circular legend 'REP. DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL' arcs around the upper periphery, while '100 PESETAS GUINEANAS' appears along the lower border. The fineness designation 'LEY 9999' and the date '1970' are inscribed in the lower field to either side of the tusks.
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Obverse lettering REP.DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL LEY 9999 1970 100 PESETAS GUINEANAS
(Translation: Republic of Equatorial Guinea .9999 Purity 100 Guinean Pesetas)
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Equatorial Guinea gained independence from Spain in October 1968, and within two years the new government contracted a European mint to produce a flood of collector-oriented silver issues — this piece among them. The Dürer subject had no particular connection to the country; these were frankly revenue-generating prestige coins aimed at the foreign numismatic market, not domestic circulation.

KM#12 is part of a broader 1970 series that included multiple artistic and historical themes produced to the same specifications. Mintages were modest and largely absorbed by first-day collectors.

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