Gold Ounce 2021 Giraffe, Coin from Equatorial Guinea - detailed information

Equatorial Guinea uses the Central African CFA Franc, which is a common currency of several states in Central Africa.

Apart from the regular circulating coinage - which does not bear an inscription identifying a specific issuing country - the republic has also authorised some foreign mints to issue commemorative and bullion coins under its jurisdiction. These are typically in standard bullion sizes, such as one ounce of gold (abbreviated as 1 oz Au, where "Au" comes from the Latin word for gold, Aurum), and carry the legend and state symbols of Equatorial Guinea. The coins are legal tender in all member states of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC: abbreviated from the French "Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale").

Uniquely, the inscriptions are in Spanish, as Equatorial Guinea is the only Spanish-speaking country in the CFA zone (and, indeed, in the whole of Africa).

This coin is part of the first release in the Equatorial Guinea Giraffe series by the Scottsdale Mint, which has a new design every year.