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100 Francs Guinéens Martin Luther King
| Issuer | République de Guinée |
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| Year | 1969-1970 |
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| Currency | Old franc (1959-1971) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Martin Luther King occupying the central field, rendered in high relief with fine portrait detail. The peripheral legend REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE arcs around the upper rim, flanked by a beaded inner border. The birth and death years 1929 and 1968 appear to either side of the bust in the lower field, with the name MARTIN LUTHER KING inscribed along the lower arc. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Guinea issued this coin less than two years after King's assassination in April 1968, at a moment when Sékou Touré's government was actively cultivating an image as a champion of pan-African solidarity and Third World anti-imperialism. The timing was deliberate — aligning Guinea with the American civil rights movement cost Touré nothing diplomatically while reinforcing his internationalist credentials.
The series it belongs to drew considerable criticism at the time as a foreign-exchange scheme targeting Western collectors rather than serving any domestic monetary function.