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150 Pesetas Guineanas Rome
| Issuer | Banco Central de Guinea Ecuatorial |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Weight | 30 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a finely engraved dual portrait in left-facing profile: a bare-headed figure in the foreground representing unified Italy, juxtaposed with a helmeted allegorical figure of Roma wearing a winged helmet in the background, her flowing hair rendered in bold sculptural relief. A border of eighteen evenly spaced five-pointed stars encircles the composition. The commemorative legend CENTENARIO ROMA CAPITAL is inscribed in the upper field, separated by two raised dots, while the dual dates 1870 and 1970 appear in the lower left field. The engraver's signature G.M. MONASSI is incised in the lower right field. |
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Equatorial Guinea's first coinage followed independence from Spain in October 1968, with the new government contracting the Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato in Rome to produce its inaugural series. The 150 Pesetas Guineanas denomination was part of that first issue — a high-face-value silver piece struck primarily for international collectors rather than domestic circulation, at a time when the country had no functioning mint infrastructure of its own.