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50 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée |
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| Year | 1985 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | At left, a portrait of a bearded man is set against a multicolour guilloche underprint, with the national coat of arms positioned at centre. Denomination numerals occupy both upper corners, while the issuer name runs along the upper margin and the legal tender clause is inscribed along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | CINQUANTE FRANCS GUINÉENS (Translation: Fifty Guinean Francs) |
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The Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée issued this series following the country's acrimonious break from the West African franc zone — Guinea under Sékou Touré had already pioneered that rupture in 1960, and by 1985 the domestic currency had been through successive devaluations and redenominations that left the earlier syli series largely discredited. The 1985 francs were an attempt to restore basic confidence in paper after years of monetary disorder.
The print date of 30 April 1945 in the catalog data is almost certainly a data entry error and should not be taken as the actual printing date.