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2000 Bipkwele Reeded edge
| Issuer | Equatorial Guinea |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Reference(s) | X#2 |
| Obverse description | Central shield depicting the national arms of Equatorial Guinea, featuring a silk-cotton tree (ceiba) above a scroll bearing the motto UNIDAD PAZ JUSTICIA, all within a beaded inner border. Six six-pointed stars arc above the shield. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL runs along the upper periphery, with the fineness mark 0,925 at the right and the denomination 2.000 BIPKWELE along the lower field. A small star enclosing the date numeral '80' appears at the lower left, serving as the date indicator. The entire design is struck in proof-like finish with a frosted relief against a mirror field. |
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| Reverse lettering | S.S.M.M. LOS REYES DE ESPAÑA VISITAN GUINEA · DICIEMBRE 1979 · |
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Equatorial Guinea's early independence coinage was largely a product of foreign minting contracts rather than domestic monetary infrastructure — the country had no mint of its own and relied heavily on the Casa de la Moneda in Madrid and various European facilities. This 2 Bipkwele piece belongs to a series issued under Francisco Macías Nguema's successor, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who seized power in August 1979 after overthrowing and executing his own uncle. The timing places this coin's authorization in the immediate aftermath of that coup.
The X# prefix in Krause indicates a non-circulating or pattern-adjacent issue — collector market, not pocket change.