1000 Francs Guinéens

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.