Catalog
5000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Size | 158 × 79 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE 5000 1er MARS 1960 CINQ MILLE FRANCS GUINEENS 1998 TOUT CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI PAR LA LOI EN VIGUEUR MINISTRE DES FINANCES GOUVERNEUR BANQUE CENTRALE |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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Guinea's 1998 series was printed during a period of relative monetary stabilization following the chronic inflation that had plagued the franc guinéen since its reintroduction in 1985. Thomas De La Rue handled the printing, as they did for much of francophone West Africa's currency during this period — a relationship born partly of French colonial-era printing infrastructure and partly of De La Rue's aggressive post-independence contracts across the continent.
The security package is modest for a high-denomination note: watermark and a single security thread, with no fluorescent inks or color-shifting elements known to the series.