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50 Sylis
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Reference(s) | P#18 |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE CINQUANTE SYLIS le 1er MARS 1960 50 1971 50 MINISTRE DES FINANCES GOUVERNEUR BANQUE CENTRALE TOUT CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI PAR LA LOI EN VIGUEUR |
| Reverse description | The central vignette presents an elevated perspective of a large hydroelectric dam and its reservoir set amid forested hills, executed in green intaglio with fine line engraving. Denomination numerals "50" appear in ornate cartouches at the lower left and lower right, flanking the central scene. A decorative geometric border frames the entire composition, with stylised floral and diamond patterns along the top and side margins. |
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Guinea's Sylis replaced the Guinean Franc in 1972 — which makes this 1971-dated note a pre-release issue, printed before the currency formally existed in public circulation. The Sylis was introduced as part of Sékou Touré's broader economic nationalism program, severing Guinea's last substantive monetary ties to the CFA franc zone it had already abandoned in 1960 when it became the first French African territory to vote against de Gaulle's proposed community.
The series was printed by the Institut d'Émission de l'Afrique Noire — a detail worth noting given Guinea's ideological distance from French institutions at the time.