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2000 Ekuele 1980 Moscow Olympics
| Issuer | Banco Central de Guinea Ecuatorial |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Value | 2000 Ekuele (2000 GQE) |
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| Obverse description | Central view of the Banco Central building in Malabo rendered in fine relief, depicted in three-quarter perspective with a palm tree to the right and a beaded border encircling the design. The legend REPUBLICA DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 2.000 EKUELE appears prominently across the lower field. The inscription BANCO CENTRAL MALABO is placed beneath the building, and the fineness mark 0,927 appears to the lower right. The mint mark CHI is visible to the lower left of the building. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL BANCO CENTRAL MALABO 2.000 EKUELE CHI 0,927 (Translation: Republic of Equatorial Guinea Central Bank of Malabo) |
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Equatorial Guinea's Olympic commemorative program in the late 1970s was largely a revenue exercise — the country had no athletes competing in Moscow and no particular connection to the Games. Issues like this one were produced for the collector and proof-set market, with distribution handled through international coin dealers rather than domestic banking channels. The Banco Central had been issuing commemoratives of this type since the mid-1970s, many of them bearing denominations that bore little relation to the country's actual monetary circulation.
The .927 silver fineness is slightly unconventional, sitting between the more common .900 and .925 standards.