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| Issuer | Banque de la République de Guinée |
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| Year | 1958 |
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| Value | 10 000 Francs (10 000) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of President Ahmed Sékou Touré at left, rendered in intaglio, set within a central vignette framed by intricate guilloche borders; the denomination "DIX MILLE FRANCS" appears in large letterpress to the right alongside the date "LE 2 OCTOBRE 1958", with two manuscript signature lines below. The note is printed predominantly in brown and ochre tones, with the issuing bank's title "BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE" in a bold panel across the top. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE DIX MILLE FRANCS LE 2 OCTOBRE 1958 MINISTRE DE L'ÉCONOMIE GÉNÉRALE MINISTRE DES FINANCES TOUT CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI PAR LA LOI EN VIGUEUR 10000 |
| Reverse description | Central vignette in intaglio portrays a bare-chested male worker in the foreground, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and holding a tool, turned slightly toward the viewer; behind him extends an open-cast mining scene with mechanical excavation equipment, ore wagons, and a landscape of rocky spoil heaps dotted with palm trees. The composition is framed by guilloche side panels and surmounted by the denomination panel "DIX MILLE FRANCS" flanked by numeral cartouches, all rendered in warm brown and ochre tones. |
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