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10 000 Francs Guinéens Ahmed Sekou Touré
| Issuer | Guinea |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Obverse description | Facing three-quarter right portrait bust of Ahmed Sékou Touré, first President of Guinea, wearing a traditional African cap, rendered in high relief with fine detail. The portrait is positioned centrally within the field, bordered by a beaded inner rim. The legend REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE arcs along the upper periphery, while the name AHMED SEKOU TOURE appears along the lower portion of the coin in curved lettering. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Guinea's 1969 gold commemorative series was produced by the Monnaie de Paris on behalf of Sékou Touré's government, part of a broader effort to project the image of an independent, self-determining African state onto the international numismatic market. Touré had broken dramatically from France in 1958 — the only territory in French West Africa to vote "Non" in de Gaulle's constitutional referendum — triggering an immediate French withdrawal so complete that colonial administrators reportedly destroyed furniture and ripped wiring from walls before leaving.
These high-denomination pieces were never intended for domestic circulation. Guinea's economy at the time ran on the sylli, introduced in 1971, and the franc guinéen itself was already a politically charged currency largely isolated from the franc zone.