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5000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of a Guinean woman in traditional dress and beaded jewelry at left, with the national coat of arms set within a multicolour guilloche rosette at centre. A traditional carved figure appears at right, flanked by geometric patterned underprints; two facsimile signatures appear below the coat of arms, attributed to the Ministre des Finances and the Gouverneur de la Banque Centrale. |
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| Reverse description | A large multicolour vignette occupies the centre, presenting an aerial view of a hydroelectric dam set amidst lush tropical vegetation, a reservoir, and distant mountains. At the right, an elaborate intaglio vignette of a traditional Guinean ceremonial mask with radiating fibre or raffia decoration. Geometric patterned borders frame the composition on all sides, with the denomination numerals in bold at lower left and right. |
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Guinea's 1985 issue came during a period of acute economic instability following Sékou Touré's death in March 1984 and the military coup that immediately succeeded it. The new junta, CMRN, inherited an economy wrecked by decades of autarkic mismanagement and a currency — the syli — that had been rendered nearly worthless through forced exchange rates and black market erosion. This note was issued under the reconstituted Banque Centrale after the syli was abolished and the franc restored at a rate of 1 franc to 100 sylis.
Giesecke & Devrient handled the printing from Munich, a common arrangement for Francophone African issuers during this period.