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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de la République de Guinée |
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| Year | 1958 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of President Ahmed Sékou Touré at left, rendered in intaglio, wearing a traditional cap and open-collar robe against a yellow guilloche underprint. The bank title BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE and denomination CINQ CENTS FRANCS appear in large red letterpress to the right, with the date LE 2 OCTOBRE 1958 below, flanked by two facsimile signatures over their respective titles. Denomination numerals 500 appear in corner cartouches, and an anti-counterfeiting warning is printed along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE CINQ CENTS FRANCS LE 2 OCTOBRE 1958 MINISTRE DE L'ÉCONOMIE GÉNÉRALE MINISTRE DES FINANCES TOUT CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI PAR LA LOI EN VIGUEUR BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of an extensive pineapple plantation rendered in fine intaglio line work, with rows of pineapple plants converging to a central vanishing point and a tropical landscape of palms and trees under a clouded sky in the background. The design is printed entirely in red on white paper, framed by guilloche borders with denomination numeral 500 in corner cartouches. The inscription CINQ CENTS FRANCS appears in a panel at the base of the note. |
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