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750 Pesetas Guineanas Rome
| Issuer | Equatorial Guinea |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Engraver(s) | Guerrino Mattia Monassi |
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| Reverse description | The personification of Roma is depicted seated facing left upon a plinth, helmeted and draped in classical robes, holding a patera (libation bowl) in her extended right hand and an upright spear in her left. A large round shield rests against her side. To her left in the background stands a detailed rendering of the Colosseum, while to her right ancient Roman columns rise in the field. The commemorative legend CENTENARIO ROMA CAPITAL arcs along the upper periphery, with the dates 1870 and 1970 inscribed in two lines at lower left. A single star appears at the bottom center of the field. |
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| Mintage | 1970 - Proof - 1,650 |
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Equatorial Guinea gained independence from Spain in October 1968, and the Rome-struck gold issues of 1970 were among the new republic's earliest attempts to establish a numismatic presence on the international collector market. The Italian State Mint (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato) produced several denominations for the young nation, none of which saw meaningful circulation — they were aimed squarely at foreign buyers rather than domestic use.
Francisco Macías Nguema was already consolidating his dictatorship by the time these were struck, having declared a state of emergency in 1969 after a coup attempt.