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גינאה המשוונית – Equatorial Guinea  

גינאה המשוונית                      
Equatorial Guinea was Spanish Colony until October 12, 1968. The traders used the Spanish Peseta.Equatorial Guinea abandoned the Spanish Peseta and adopted the Equatorial Guinean Peseta. The peseta (peseta guineana) was the currency of Equatorial Guinea from 1969 to 1975. It replaced the Spanish peseta at par shortly after gaining independence from Spain the prior year and was later replaced, again at par, by the ekwele.
Coins
Four denominations of coins were issued, all dated 1969. These were an aluminum-bronze 1 peseta and copper nickel 5, 25 and 50 pesetas. The coins were the same size as the corresponding Spanish peseta coins and were minted by Madrid. The designs are simple and straight forward with the largest denomination depicting the first national president.Since 1985, coins have also been issued by individual states. That year also saw the introduction of 5-, 25-, 50-   and 100-franc coins for use in Equatorial Guinea