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2000 Bipkwele 1979 Spanish Royalty Visit; Pattern
| Issuer | Equatorial Guinea |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea is depicted centrally, featuring a shield bearing a silk-cotton tree above a silver sea, flanked by six gold six-pointed stars arranged in an arc above the shield. A scroll beneath the shield bears the national motto in three sections: UNIDAD, PAZ, and JUSTICIA. The fineness mark 0.925 appears to the right of the arms in the field. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL runs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 2.000 BIPKWELE is inscribed along the lower border, all enclosed within a beaded inner border. |
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| Reverse description | Conjoined busts of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain in left-facing profile occupy the central field, with the King's bust prominent in the foreground and the Queen's bust partially visible behind. The circular legend S. S. M. M. LOS REYES DE ESPAÑA VISITAN GUINEA runs along the upper periphery, commemorating the royal visit to Guinea. The date · DICIEMBRE 1979 · is inscribed along the lower border, flanked by decorative stops, all within a beaded inner border matching the obverse. |
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Equatorial Guinea's post-independence coinage history is tangled with French and Spanish minting interests, and this pattern sits inside that mess. The 1979 royal visit by Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía — the first Spanish head of state visit since independence in 1968 — generated a handful of commemorative proposals that never reached circulation approval. This copper piece is among them: struck in 1980 to document a political moment from the prior year, almost certainly produced in limited quantities as a presentation or archival specimen rather than any genuine monetary proposal.