2 Sylis

Guinea's syli series was introduced in 1971 when Sékou Touré's government replaced the Guinean franc specifically to sever any symbolic tie to the CFA franc zone — a political gesture as much as a monetary one. By 1981, when this note was issued, the country had been operating under a command economy for two decades and the syli was chronically overvalued against real purchasing power.

The 2 sylis denomination was effectively worthless in daily commerce by this point. It survived in the series more by institutional inertia than practical need. Touré died in 1984, and the military junta that followed quickly abolished the syli entirely, restoring the franc — making this late-syli material a short final chapter.