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100 Sylis
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Size | 169 × 92 mm |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait vignette of Samori Touré (c. 1830–1900), the Mandinka resistance leader, at left center, rendered in blue tones against a guilloche underprint. The denomination "CENT SYLIS" is printed in large bold letterpress at center right, superimposed on a multicolored rosette guilloche in orange and green, with the serial number at upper right and lower left. The date "le 1er MARS 1960" appears below the denomination, two signature lines with titles "MINISTRE DES FINANCES" and "GOUVERNEUR BANQUE CENTRALE" are at center bottom, and the year "1980" is inscribed within a cartouche at the base. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE CENT SYLIS 100 le 1er MARS 1960 1980 MINISTRE DES FINANCES GOUVERNEUR BANQUE CENTRALE TOUT CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI PAR LA LOI EN VIGUEUR |
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Guinea's Sylis was introduced in 1971 when the country severed all monetary ties with the French Franc zone, a deliberate act of economic nationalism under Sékou Touré's one-party state. The Sylis replaced the Guinean Franc at par and was intended as a clean break — though chronic foreign exchange shortages meant the official rate bore little relationship to what the currency actually commanded outside state institutions.
By 1980, Guinea's economy was under severe strain, and the Sylis itself would not survive the decade. After Touré's death in 1984 and the subsequent military takeover, the currency was abolished and replaced by a reconstituted Franc in 1985.