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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire, Paris |
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| Obverse description | At left, an intaglio vignette of a Guinean woman in traditional dress and headwrap, set against a geometric guilloche underprint in olive and gold tones. At centre, the national coat of arms — a shield bearing a dove above the motto TRAVAIL JUSTICE SOLIDARITÉ, framed by decorative scrollwork — is flanked by two signature lines for the Ministre des Finances and the Gouverneur Banque Centrale. To the right, a small carved African figurine and an optically variable diamond device appear within a wide decorative border of traditional geometric motifs running along the top and bottom margins. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a polychrome scene of a bauxite mining installation, with a tall latticed headframe and conveyor structure set among trees and industrial buildings under a cloudy sky. To the right, an intricately engraved vignette of a traditional African ceremonial mask or headdress is rendered in fine intaglio line work. The upper and lower borders carry dense traditional geometric guilloche bands, and an optically variable diamond device appears at upper left. |
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| Protection description | the national coat of arms or portrait visible when held to light; optically variable diamond-shaped device at upper right of obverse and upper left of reverse, shifting colour on tilt. |
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