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5000 Francs Guinéens Nasser
| Issuer | Guinea |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Reference(s) | Schön#40, KM#19 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of Gamal Abdel Nasser in high relief against a polished field, rendered in a formal portrait style. The dates 1918 and 1970, denoting his birth and death years, flank the effigy at left and right respectively. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE runs along the upper rim in raised Latin letters, while the inscription GAMAL ABDEL NASSER appears in a curved legend below the bust. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Guinea issued this piece in 1970 as part of a commemorative gold series honoring Gamal Abdel Nasser, who had died in September of that year. Sékou Touré and Nasser had maintained a close political alliance since Guinea's abrupt independence from France in 1958 — Nasser was among the first foreign leaders to extend recognition and material support when France withdrew overnight and stripped the country of its infrastructure.
The timing made the issue an immediate memorial rather than a tribute to a living statesman.