5000 Bipkwele Overprint on P#2

Features

Issuer	Equatorial Guinea
Bank emisyjny	Banco de Guinea Ecuatorial
Period	Republic (1968-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1980
Value	5000 Bipkwele (5000 GQE)
Currency	Ekwele (1975-1985)
Composition	Papier
Size	145 × 94 mm
Shape	Prostokątny
Technique	Overprinted
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 220937
References	P# 19 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Series: 1980 Provisional Issue

Obverse

(en) Green and grey print; multicolor underprint; red serial number.
Derrick loading logs at left; shoreline with boat at center; floral and geometric designs.
Red rectangular stamp with new bank name, face value, date and signatures.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
500
REPUBLICA DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL
EL BANCO CENTRAL
PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR
QUINIENTAS
PESETAS GUINEANAS
SANTA ISABEL, 12 DE OCTUBRE DE 1969
EL GOBERNADOR. EL INTERVENTOR. EL CAJERO.
FCA NAL DE MONEDA Y TIMBRE

BANCO DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL
HABILITADO PARA
CINCO MIL BIPKWELE
MALABO, 21 OCTUBRE 1980
EL GOBERNADOR EL CAJERO

Reverse

Zielono-szary nadruk; czerwony numer seryjny.
Kobieta z tobołkiem na głowie po prawej; herb Gwinei Równikowej w centrum; tubylec wspinający się na palmę po prawej. Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
500
BANCO CENTRAL
UNIDAD PAZ JUSTICIA
QUINIENTAS PESETAS GUINEANAS

Watermark

Głowa Francisco Maciasa Nguemy Automatically translated

Signatures

Patricio Eka Nguema Obomo (PENO)	Governor
Victoriano Boncanca Bojeta (VBB)	General Cashier

Printer

Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, Spain

Comments

Nadruk na P#2.
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money stwierdza, że banknoty te nie zostały wyemitowane do obiegu. Automatically translated

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Date	Signatures				VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1980-Oct-21	PENO, VBB								$ 41	$ 41		(en) P#19 - Overprint on P#2 (old date 12.10.1969)

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