Catalog
50 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Size | 130 × 64 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE le 1er MARS 1960 CINQUANTE FRANCS GUINÉENS TOUT CONTREFACTUR SERA PUNI PAR LA LOI EN VIGUEUR (Translation: Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea March 1st 1960 Fifty Guinean Francs Any counterfeiter will be punished by applicable law) |
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| Reverse lettering | CINQUANTE FRANCS GUINÉENS (Translation: Fifty Guinean Francs) |
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The Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée issued this series following the country's acrimonious break from the West African franc zone — Guinea under Sékou Touré had already pioneered that rupture in 1960, and by 1985 the domestic currency had been through successive devaluations and redenominations that left the earlier syli series largely discredited. The 1985 francs were an attempt to restore basic confidence in paper after years of monetary disorder.
The print date of 30 April 1945 in the catalog data is almost certainly a data entry error and should not be taken as the actual printing date.