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100 Francs C.F.A. Bioko island
| Issuer | Equatorial Guinea |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | At left, the municipal coat of arms of Malabo displayed within an ornate shield, bearing a mural crown above and the motto 'FIDES' on a scroll below. At right, a highly detailed engraving of a full-rigged sailing ship underway, with billowing sails and a pennant at the masthead, occupying the right portion of the field. Six eight-pointed stars arc across the upper rim of the coin. The date '2014' appears in the lower left field, and a decorative ribbon scroll at the bottom bears the legend 'ISLA DE BIOKO', while the legend 'MALABO' is inscribed in the upper field. |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 CFA Pennant's Red Colobus |
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Equatorial Guinea's relationship with the CFA franc is a geopolitical oddity: the country is the only former Spanish colony using a currency designed for Françafrique, having joined the CEMAC monetary zone in 1985 after independence-era economic failures made currency union with francophone neighbors the more stable option. Bioko, the volcanic island where the capital Malabo sits, was known as Fernando Poo under Spanish administration and before that served as a British base for anti-slavery naval operations in the nineteenth century.
Issues from this series are collector-targeted rather than circulation pieces — the weight alone makes that clear without stating it.