Catalog
20 000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée |
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| Year | 2015-2024 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | At left, a vignette of a smiling Guinean woman in traditional dress accompanied by two doves; at centre, the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Guinea incorporating a dove bearing an olive branch and the national motto 'Travail Justice Solidarité'. Denomination and issuer legends are arranged within an intricate guilloche underprint throughout the field. The note carries multicoloured intaglio-printed text with anti-counterfeiting warnings along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Kaleta Hydroelectric Dam on the Konkoué River in western Guinea, rendered in detailed intaglio-style line work with two high-voltage transmission towers rising at left, referencing the plant's role in national electricity generation. Denomination and issuer inscriptions are set within guilloche borders framing the composition. The colour palette transitions across the field in offset-printed tints forming the decorative underprint. |
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Guinea's 20 000 Franc note is the highest denomination in the current series, introduced at a time when inflation had so thoroughly eroded purchasing power that even this note barely covered a basic market transaction in Conakry. The Guinean Franc was redenominated in 1986 — dropping three zeros from the Syli-era currency — but decades of chronic inflation steadily rebuilt the pressure at the top of the denomination ladder, eventually necessitating this note.
Pick 50 is printed on cotton substrate by the Imprimerie de la Banque de France, which has supplied currency production for numerous Francophone African states.