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100 Ekueles Corisco island
| Issuer | Equatorial Guinea |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Thickness | 2.1 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bimetallic coin with a gold-coloured inner disc set within a dark outer ring. A stylised starfish is depicted in the centre-right of the inner field. The denomination '100' appears prominently at the top of the field, with the currency name 'EKUELE' inscribed below it to the left. The island name 'CORISCO' is legend across the lower portion of the inner disc, and the date '2013' appears in the outer ring at the bottom. |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 ekuele Corisco 2013 |
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Corisco is a small island off the coast of Equatorial Guinea with a history tangled between Portuguese traders, Bubi and Benga peoples, and a formal Spanish colonial claim only consolidated in 1843. It has no mint, no significant modern economic infrastructure, and a population that has hovered near zero at various points in the 20th century. This coin does not circulate there in any practical sense — Equatorial Guinea's numismatic program has long operated as a revenue vehicle aimed at collectors rather than commerce, issuing bimetallic pieces referencing obscure administrative territories with effectively no local monetary function.