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100 Pesetas Guineanas Dürer's Praying Hands
| Issuer | Equatorial Guinea |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Value | 100 Pesetas |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | * MANOS REZANTES * DURER (Translation: Praying Hands) |
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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.