25 Centimes

Issuer	Gouvernement Général de l'Afrique Occidentale Française - Colonie de la Guinée Française
Year	1920
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Blue postage stamp of Guinea affixed to a red cardboard backing, the stamp vignette engraved by Puyplat after De La Nézière's design and inscribed GUINEE and AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANÇAISE. A black letterpress overprint reading VALEUR D'ECHANGE is applied across the backing, identifying this piece as emergency fractional currency issued to alleviate wartime coin shortages. The composition reflects the improvised nature of this emergency issue, combining a standard colonial postage stamp with an authorizing overprint.
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Reverse description	Plain cardboard reverse printed in black, with the denomination 0 f 25 set within a vertically oriented ornate cartouche composed of symmetrically arranged scrolling foliate flourishes framing a central lozenge-shaped panel. The restrained typographic and decorative treatment is consistent with the emergency character of the issue.
Reverse lettering	0 f 25
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