Equatorial Guinea 1979 2000 ekuele KM-37
This specimen was lot 3323 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 25 € (about US$32 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Guinea Ecuatorial. (1979). 2000 ekuele. Juegos Olímpicos - Moscú '80. Lanzador de disco. En estuche oficial con certificado [discus thrower, in original box with certificate]. AG. Proof." Coinage from this country is hard to find and comprises mostly NCLT's. Wikipedia comments,
"Francisco Macías Nguema (born Mez-m Ngueme, later Africanised to Masie Nguema Biyogo Ñegue Ndong; 1 January 1924 – 29 September 1979), often mononymously referred to as Macías, was an Equatoguinean politician who served as the first President of Equatorial Guinea from the country's independence in 1968 until his overthrow in 1979. He is widely remembered as one of the most brutal dictators in history."
Altho Macias was tried and shot after his ouster, his nephew still rules the country today as private property. Another NCLT of this denomination honored the World Cup in Argentina (KM 38).
Recorded mintage: 11,000.
Specification: 31.10 g, 0.927 fine silver, 0.926 troy oz ASW, this specimen 31,02 g.
Catalog reference: KM-37.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 422: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.
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