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5 Sylis
| Issuer | Guinea |
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| Year | 1971 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | TRAVAIL-JUSTICE-SOLIDARITE 5 SYLIS LE 1er MARS 1960 (Translation: Work-Justice-Solidarity The 1st of March 1960) |
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Guinea introduced the sylis in 1971 to replace the Guinean franc, a deliberate break from the CFA franc zone that Sékou Touré's government had rejected as an instrument of French neocolonial control. The aluminium coinage issued that year was part of a broader effort to assert economic independence from Paris, though the sylis itself would collapse in purchasing power within a decade under chronic mismanagement.