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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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| Value | 100 Francs |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse 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.