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1000 Francs Guinéens
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Currency | New franc (1985-date) |
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| Obverse description | At left, a portrait of a young woman serves as the principal vignette, flanked at centre by a crossed gun and sword emblem and at right by a tam-tam drum motif. The denomination numeral '1000' appears in the upper corners, while the issuing authority inscription runs across the upper register in letterpress; serial number and date fields are positioned within the lower portion of the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1000 BANQUE CENTRALE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE 1000 N° DE SÉRIE DATE MILLE FRANCS GUINÉENS |
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Guinea's 1985 note series was printed by Bundesdruckerei at a moment when West German security printers were aggressively expanding their African client base following the contraction of British colonial-era printing contracts. For Guinea specifically, the relationship with Bundesdruckerei represented a deliberate break from French-sphere suppliers — politically significant for a country that had severed ties with France so sharply after independence in 1958 that Paris withdrew all technical personnel within days.
The sylis, Guinea's post-independence currency, had already collapsed by this point. Guinea reintroduced the franc guinéen in 1985 after years of economic dysfunction under Sékou Touré's isolationist policies. This note is part of that reintroduction series — less a routine issue than a monetary reset.