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2000 Francs Guinéens Lunar Landing
| Issuer | Guinea |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Obverse description | The field depicts a dramatic commemorative scene of the Apollo lunar landing: in the lower register, an astronaut in a spacesuit stands on the cratered lunar surface beside the lunar module lander, while a docking maneuver between the command module and the lunar module is shown above against a starred field. The Earth, rendered as a ringed globe, appears to the left, and a large detailed Moon dominates the upper portion of the field. The legend REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE arcs along the upper periphery, and the inscription L'HOMME A LA LUNE appears along the lower right, all within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Guinea issued this piece in 1969 as part of a wave of Apollo 11 commemoratives produced by newly independent African states with minimal minting infrastructure of their own — most contracted European mints to strike these on their behalf. The timing was purely opportunistic; Sékou Touré's government had broken with France in 1958 and was running a command economy increasingly isolated from Western financial systems, making hard-currency commemorative issues a practical revenue mechanism rather than any genuine celebration of American achievement.