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10 000 Pesos Nuno Tristão
| Issuer | Banco Nacional da Guiné-Bissau |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Value | 10 000 Pesos (10 000 GWP) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DA GUINÉ-BISSAU UNIDADE LUTA PROGRESSO 10 000 PESOS |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Guiné-Bissau's post-independence central bank issued a series of high-denomination commemorative silver pieces in the late 1980s and early 1990s, largely targeting the collector export market rather than domestic circulation — the country's actual currency was in chronic crisis throughout this period. Nuno Tristão was the Portuguese navigator credited with reaching the region around 1446, pushing south along the West African coast during the early phase of Henrican exploration, and was killed by a poisoned arrow near the Geba River estuary — the very waterway that would later define the colony's interior trade routes.