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2000 Ekuele Elobey grande island
| Issuer | Banco de Elobey Grande |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and multicolor polymer note with a central vignette of a colorful passerine bird (blue, black, and orange plumage) set against a floral guilloche underprint. Bank name and date appear at upper right, with two manuscript signatures below captioned EL GOBERNADOR and EL CAJERO GENERAL. Denomination in green at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Green and yellow multicolor polymer note with a central vignette of a large sunflower bloom rendered in warm yellow tones over a fine guilloche underprint with floral motifs. Serial number appears twice, once horizontally at center and once vertically at right margin. Denomination in green at lower left. |
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Elobey Grande is a tiny uninhabited island off the coast of Equatorial Guinea, and it has no central bank, no monetary authority, and no economy requiring a circulating currency. The "Banco de Elobey Grande" is a fantasy issuer. Notes like this one are produced speculatively — printed on polymer stock to suggest modernity and legitimacy — and marketed to collectors as novelties, not as genuine legal tender recognized by any government or monetary authority.
No affiliation with the Banco de España or the BEAC, which actually govern currency in the region.