25 Sylis

Issuer	Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée
Year	1980
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Obverse description	Intaglio portrait of King Béhanzin of Dahomey at right, rendered in dark olive-green, wearing traditional robes and a tall conical hat and holding a ceremonial pipe. The denomination "VINGT-CINQ SYLIS" appears in bold lettering at center within a multicolored guilloche rosette underprint, with the date "le 1er MARS 1960" below. The year 1980 is printed at center bottom, flanked by the numeral "25" in decorative cartouches at lower left and lower right, with two facsimile signatures above their respective titles along the lower center.
Obverse lettering	BANQUE CENTRALE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE VINGT-CINQ SYLIS le 1er MARS 1960 MINISTRE DES FINANCES GOUVERNEUR BANQUE CENTRALE 1980 TOUT CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI PAR LA LOI EN VIGUEUR
Reverse description	Central vignette of a pastoral cattle-herding scene rendered in green intaglio, with a herdsman standing at left center amid a herd of cattle grazing on open pastureland, tall palm trees and tropical foliage in the background under radiating sunburst lines in orange and pink. The numeral "25" appears in guilloche cartouches at upper left and lower right, with a bunch of bananas and decorative geometric border ornaments at left. The denomination legend runs along the bottom margin.
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