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10 000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Reference(s) | P#45 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of a young man at left, national arms vignette at centre, and a pineapple motif at lower right. A commemorative logo overprint appears within the watermark area at right. Inscriptions identifying the issuing authority and denomination are present along the upper and lower margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE LA GUINÉE DIX MILLE FRANCS GUINÉENS TOUT CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNIT PAR LA LOI EN VIGUEUR |
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Guinea's 10 000 Francs denomination was reintroduced as part of a broader revaluation and reissue program following the political turmoil of the late 2000s — the country had just emerged from the military junta government of Moussa Dadis Camara, whose rule collapsed after the September 2009 massacre in Conakry's main stadium. Oberthur Fiduciaire, a long-standing printer for Francophone African central banks, produced this 2010 series as the transitional government moved to stabilize the financial system ahead of the country's first democratic elections in decades.
By this point the Guinean Franc had suffered severe inflationary pressure, making the 10 000 note a practical necessity rather than a high-denomination curiosity.