1000 Francs Conga island

Equatorial Guinea has issued coins under its own name for decades despite using the Central African CFA franc as its actual currency — a quirk of its membership in the CEMAC monetary zone, where the Banco de los Estados de África Central handles monetary policy. The "Conga island" issue belongs to a long-running series of commemorative pieces produced primarily for the collector market, none of which circulate domestically.