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50 Centavos
| Issuer | Galapagos Islands |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central shield-shaped coat of arms of the Galápagos Islands, quartered with depictions of the archipelago map, a volcano and sea landscape, a sailing vessel, and a giant tortoise, surmounted by a flaming torch between olive branches. A ring of fourteen five-pointed stars surrounds the central device in the field. The curved legend ISLAS GALAPAGOS arcs along the upper periphery, and the date 2008 appears in the lower exergual area flanked by stars. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed full-body depiction of a masked booby (Piquero enmascarado, Sula dactylatra) in a characteristic sky-pointing courtship display pose, standing on a rocky surface at the center-left of the field. The denomination numeral 50 is prominently displayed to the right of the bird, with the legend CENTALVOS arcing along the upper-right periphery. The species name PIQUERO ENMASCARADO is inscribed vertically along the left inner border. A small engraver's monogram appears in the lower-right field. |
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