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| Issuer | Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée |
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| Year | 1963 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in red and olive tones, with an intaglio portrait of a young man wearing a traditional Guinean cap at the left, set against a guilloche underprint. The denomination DIX MILLE FRANCS appears in large letterpress type to the right, accompanied by the numeral 10000, the date le 1er MARS 1963, and the all-zero trial serial number A 000000 at upper right and lower left. The issuer's title BANQUE CENTRALE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE runs along the top, with anti-counterfeiting legend at the base and signature lines for the Directeur Général and Ministre Gouverneur. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is rendered entirely in red intaglio, with a vignette at left of a Guinean woman in traditional dress and elaborate headdress viewed in three-quarter profile, set before a rural landscape with round thatched-roof huts and trees in the background. The denomination DIX MILLE FRANCS appears in letterpress at the top, with the numeral 10000 repeated at lower left and lower right within decorative guilloche borders. Geometric and floral ornamental panels frame both vertical edges, and the printer's imprint THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED is inscribed at the lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | DIX MILLE FRANCS 10000 10000 THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED |
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