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5000 Ekuele Masie Nguema Biyogo
| Issuer | Banco Central de Malabo |
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| Year | 1978 |
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| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central view of the Banco Central de Malabo building rendered in high relief, depicted in three-quarter perspective with a modernist architectural style. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL arcs across the upper field, while BANCO CENTRAL DE MALABO appears in two lines in the lower central field. The denomination 5.000 EKUELE flanked by the weight 6,96g and fineness 0,917A are inscribed along the lower portion of the field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Masie Nguema Biyogo — the name given to Bioko Island after Francisco Macías Nguema renamed it for himself in 1973 — appeared on coinage as part of a broader cult-of-personality apparatus that consumed Equatorial Guinea through the 1970s. Macías had by 1978 declared himself President-for-Life and banned any religion not centered on himself, executing clergy and intellectuals by the thousands. Somewhere between a quarter and a third of the country's population fled or died under his rule.
He was overthrown and executed in August 1979, less than a year after this coin was struck. The island reverted to its colonial name, Bioko, shortly after.