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5.000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée |
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| Year | 1960 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in purple and olive tones on white paper, the obverse bears a portrait vignette of a young Guinean man in traditional dress and cap at left center, set against a fine guilloche underprint. To the right, the denomination CINQ MILLE FRANCS is inscribed in bold letterpress, accompanied by an olive branch vignette, with the date le 1er MARS 1960 below. A red diagonal SPECIMEN overprint crosses the face, with the zeroed serial number A 000000 appearing twice and two signature fields at bottom bearing the titles DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL and MINISTRE GOUVERNEUR. |
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| Reverse description | Executed in purple intaglio on white paper, the reverse presents a central scenic vignette of a Guinean woman in elaborate traditional headdress and attire at left, with a village landscape of thatched-roof round huts extending across the middle ground, and palm trees visible in the distance. The denomination CINQ MILLE FRANCS is inscribed in bold letterpress along the upper border, with the numeral 5000 repeated at lower left and lower right. A red diagonal SPECIMEN overprint is applied across the design, and the entire composition is framed by an intricate geometric guilloche border. |
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| Protection description | Watermark visible when held to light; zeroed serial numbers and SPECIMEN overprint applied for trial/specimen purposes. |
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