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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Currency | Old franc (1959-1971) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of President Ahmed Sékou Touré at left, wearing a traditional cap, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint in peach and olive tones. The denomination CINQ CENTS FRANCS appears in large bold lettering at centre-right, accompanied by a sprig of olive branches and the date le 1er MARS 1960. Two facsimile signatures appear at the lower right above the titles DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL and MINISTRE GOUVERNEUR, with the numeral 500 between them and the anti-counterfeiting warning at the base. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE GUINÉE CINQ CENTS FRANCS le 1er MARS 1960 DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL MINISTRE GOUVERNEUR 500 TOUT CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI PAR LA LOI EN VIGUEUR |
| Reverse description | A large central vignette rendered in blue intaglio illustrates a coastal beach scene with two long dugout canoes drawn up on the shore, attended by two figures; a palm-lined coast and a steam vessel on the water appear in the middle distance beneath a clouded sky. The denomination numeral 500 is printed in the lower corners, and the note is framed by an elaborate guilloche border with geometric rosette patterns at the upper corners. |
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