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5 Centimes
| Uitgever | Gouvernement Général de l'Afrique Occidentale Française - Colonie de la Guinée Française |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1920 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | 5C GUINEE VALEUR D`ECHANGE AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANÇAISE DE LA NEZIERE J. PUYPLAT SC. |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Plain orange-tan cardboard with the denomination value in bold black letterpress type at centre, enclosed within a vertical oval ornamental frame composed of symmetrical scrollwork and foliate flourishes. |
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| Opmerkingen |
French Guinea's 1920 emergency cardboard issues emerged from a coin shortage that plagued the entire AOF federation after World War One — metropolitan France had too little small coinage to supply its West African territories, so individual colonies briefly issued their own low-denomination cardboard tokens as substitutes. Guinea's series was among the more short-lived of these, replaced quickly once fractional coinage supplies normalized.
De La Nézière was a painter and illustrator with deep personal ties to North and West Africa, which explains his assignment to several AOF colonial issues. Puyplat was a prolific engraver for the French state printing works. The cardboard substrate makes survival in collectible condition genuinely difficult — these were handled daily as small change.