← Read the currency articleEquatorial Guinean peseta / ekwele: research record
Evidence coverage: 1969–1985. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
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Equatorial Guinean peseta / ekwele
T-FTM000830 · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1969–1985; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
Parents / predecessors
Children / successors
CFA franc (BEAC)absorbed into existing currency · 1985-01-02 · later absorption or contribution ↗Siblings
Unit and issue records 1 records
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Equatorial Guinean ekweleFTM000830 · C765
Latest research
Historical account researchProvisionally extend existingekwele profile to earlier nationalpesetaguineana fiscalreckoning:1969–1971budgettables; formergovernor describes later note-denominationchange. No newnode fromrename alone.
Sources and qualifications → Historical account researchThe national Equatorial Guinean peseta replaced the Spanish monetary-area currency; the subsequent mission report records local bank deposits, credit and public accounts in pesetas.
Sources and qualifications → Unit-of-account identity reviewBroaden the existing ekwele profile back to the national peseta introduced in 1969. BEAC identifies the 1975 event as renaming, and no distinct predecessor node is justified by the name change alone.
Sources and qualifications → Account-unit observations
Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
1969–1973qualifiedProvisionally extend existingekwele profile to earlier nationalpesetaguineana fiscalreckoning:1969–1971budgettables; formergovernor describes later note-denominationchange. No newnode fromrename alone.
C1461 1969supportedThe national Equatorial Guinean peseta replaced the Spanish monetary-area currency; the subsequent mission report records local bank deposits, credit and public accounts in pesetas.
C1540 1975supportedThe national peseta was renamed ekwele, preserving the currency continuity profile.
C1541
Evidence & research notes 6 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C765
Equatorial Guinea adopts CFA currency. Contemporary notice specifies 2 January; preferred over the 1 January date in later Bundesbank metadata.
Casimir Oye Mba, BEAC governor · Casimir Oye Mba, BEAC governor — Equatorial Guinea changeover notice, Le Monde, 28 December 1984 Citation S407 ·
Open source ↗Governor’s notice published 28 December 1984
Source access and limitations
Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.
Inference C1461
Provisionally extend existingekwele profile to earlier nationalpesetaguineana fiscalreckoning:1969–1971budgettables; formergovernor describes later note-denominationchange. No newnode fromrename alone.
World Bank · Equatorial Guinea Introductory Economic Report 4011-EG,15June 1983 Citation S722 ·
Open source ↗Paragraph4.1;budget table1969–1971 headed millions EGpesetas; Patricio Nka historical account,paragraphs beginning Los primeros gobernadores through A partir de ahí
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Equatorial Guinea Government Press Office · BEAC50anniversary,29November 2022 Citation S723 ·
Open source ↗Paragraph4.1;budget table1969–1971 headed millions EGpesetas; Patricio Nka historical account,paragraphs beginning Los primeros gobernadores through A partir de ahí
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C1540
The national Equatorial Guinean peseta replaced the Spanish monetary-area currency; the subsequent mission report records local bank deposits, credit and public accounts in pesetas.
Adhemar Byl; International Bank for Reconstruction and Development · The Economy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea: Recent Evolution and Prospects, Report AW-37a, 27 November 1972 Citation S879 ·
Open source ↗Paragraphs 24–30 and monetary tables
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C1541
The national peseta was renamed ekwele, preserving the currency continuity profile.
Damian Ondo Mane Nchama; Bank of Central African States · The Bank of Central African States (BEAC): How the Regional Central Banks Have Evolved and What Does the Future Hold?, Lettre de la Recherche No. 15 Citation S880 ·
Open source ↗Footnote 3
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C1711
Equatorial Guinea introduced its own peseta in 1969 after previously forming part of the Spanish monetary area using the Spanish peseta. The national unit was initially at parity with the Spanish peseta and was subsequently renamed ekwele in 1975. The parent is the Spanish peseta; the earlier national name was peseta, not peso.
Adhemar Byl; International Bank for Reconstruction and Development · The Economy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea: Recent Evolution and Prospects, Report AW-37a, 27 November 1972 Citation S879 ·
Open source ↗IBRD report paragraphs 24–30 and exchange-rate table; BEAC footnote 3
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Damian Ondo Mane Nchama; Bank of Central African States · The Bank of Central African States (BEAC): How the Regional Central Banks Have Evolved and What Does the Future Hold?, Lettre de la Recherche No. 15 Citation S880 ·
Open source ↗IBRD report paragraphs 24–30 and exchange-rate table; BEAC footnote 3
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Inference C1720
Broaden the existing ekwele profile back to the national peseta introduced in 1969. BEAC identifies the 1975 event as renaming, and no distinct predecessor node is justified by the name change alone.
Adhemar Byl; International Bank for Reconstruction and Development · The Economy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea: Recent Evolution and Prospects, Report AW-37a, 27 November 1972 Citation S879 ·
Open source ↗IBRD paragraphs 24–30; BEAC footnote 3
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Damian Ondo Mane Nchama; Bank of Central African States · The Bank of Central African States (BEAC): How the Regional Central Banks Have Evolved and What Does the Future Hold?, Lettre de la Recherche No. 15 Citation S880 ·
Open source ↗IBRD paragraphs 24–30; BEAC footnote 3
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.