Guinea coin - a coin, minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814, that contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold. "Guinea" was not an official name for the coin, but much of the gold used to produce the early coins came from Guinea (largely modern Ghana) in West Africa. The coin was produced every year between 1663 and 1684, with an elephant appearing on some coins. The elephant, with or without a howdah, was the emblem of the Royal African Company (RAC), which had been granted a monopoly on English trade with Africa in slaves, gold and other goods, from 1672 until 1698; gold imported from Africa by the RAC bore the elephant emblem beneath the monarch's head on the coin.

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