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15 000 Francos CFA African Elephant
| Issuer | Equatorial Guinea |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Weight | 15.55 g |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed composition depicts an adult African elephant standing with trunk raised, accompanied by a juvenile elephant at its side, both set within a naturalistic savanna landscape featuring low acacia trees and ground vegetation. The upper legend reads PROTECCION DE LA NATURALEZA AFRICANA arcing along the upper border, with ENDANGERED WILDLIFE inscribed below it in a secondary arc. The denomination 15000 FRANCOS is engraved along the lower margin, flanking a small rendering of the national coat of arms. |
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| Mintage | 1992 - Proof - 500 |
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Equatorial Guinea's gold issues of the early 1990s were produced almost entirely for the collector export market — the country's CFA franc monetary relationship with the Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale gave it little practical reason to strike domestic gold coinage. This piece was almost certainly minted under contract at a European facility rather than on Equatoguinean soil, where no mint infrastructure existed.