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Guinea banknotes
Guinea paper money catalog and Guinean currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • French West Africa currency, till 1958
  • Franc = 100 Centimes, till 1971
  • Syli = (10 Franc), 1971-1985
  • Franc = (Syli), from 1985

• For earlier issues see:
  • French West Africa, till 1958

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  World banknotes countries A-Z

Pick #	Date
		French Colony till 1958
1-2	1917	0.50, 1 franc
3-5	1920	5, 10, 25 centimes; stamp currency
		Republic from 1958 (French Colony till 1958: French Guinea)
6-11	1958	50, 100, 500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000 francs
12-15	1960	50, 100, 500, 1.000 francs
16-9	1971	10, 25, 50, 100 Sylis
20-7	1981	1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500 Sylis
28-33	1985	25, 50, 100, 500, 1.000, 5.000 francs
35-8	1998	100, 500, 1.000, 5.000 francs
39-42	2006-12	500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000 francs
43-5	2010	1.000, 5.000, 10.000 francs; commemorative overprint "50 Anniversary of BCRG Bank"
46	2012	10.000 francs
A47-50	2015-	100, 500, 500, 1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 10.000, 20.000 francs