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500 Sylis
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Value | 500 Sylis |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Josip Broz Tito (7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980) occupies the left half of the note, rendered in fine intaglio engraving against a light guilloche underprint. To the right, the denomination "CINQ CENTS SYLIS" is set in bold letterpress over a multicolour rosette guilloche, with the date "le 1er MARS 1960" below; two manuscript signatures appear beneath, attributed to the Ministre des Finances and the Gouverneur de la Banque Centrale. Denomination numerals "500" appear in ornate cartouches at lower left and right, framed by a foliate border with wheat and acanthus motifs. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents a detailed architectural engraving of the Palais du Peuple (Palace of the People) in Conakry, Guinea, rendered in fine intaglio with palm trees and tropical foliage in the foreground and a canopy of trees above. Elaborate guilloche rosettes and lace-pattern borders frame the composition on all sides, with denomination numerals "500" set in ornate cartouches at the upper left and lower right corners. The denomination legend "CINQ CENTS SYLIS" appears in bold letterpress along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 500 CINQ CENTS SYLIS 500 |
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