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10 000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée |
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| Year | 2007-2008 |
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| Currency | New franc (1985-date) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of a young girl at left centre against a green guilloche underprint, with the national arms vignette at centre bearing the date "le 1er MARS 1960" above and two facsimile signatures below for the Ministre des Finances and the Gouverneur de la Banque Centrale. A pineapple and coffee beans appear at lower right, with the denomination numeral "10000" repeated vertically at far right. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a lush agricultural landscape with a ripening grain field in the foreground and a stand of tall trees in the background, flanked at the right by the distinctive rock formation known as the "Dame de Mali" (Lady of Mali) at Mount Loura. The design is framed by ornate geometric guilloche borders in green and orange, incorporating traditional Guinean decorative motifs, with the denomination in large numerals at lower left and right. |
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Guinea's 10 000 Franc note entered circulation during a particularly volatile political period — Lansana Conté died in December 2008 after decades in power, and the military junta that immediately seized control inherited an economy already damaged by years of mismanagement and inflation. By that point, 10 000 Francs had become a workaday denomination rather than a high-value one, reflecting how far the currency had eroded since independence.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement here is routine for Francophone West Africa, where BCRG repeatedly contracted London-based security printers rather than regional alternatives. The security package — thread and watermark only — is modest for the denomination.