Banknotes from Guinea

Guinea is a country in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea bordering Sierra Leone, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Ivory Coast and Liberia. It was inhabited by African states such as Futa Jallon and the Songhai Empire until French colonisation in the late 19th century during the Scramble for Africa, with local leaders subjugated in 1898. It became part of French West Africa, and remained under French colonial rule with it's regional administrative capital of Conakry, until it's independence in 1960 from France along with many other Francophone African states. Ahmed Sekou Touré became an effective dictator of a one party state after independence until his 1984 death, after which Lansana Conté succeeded him; following another succession crisis in 2008-10, a democracy was finally established in Guinea. As of 2018, it has a population of about 12 million, and currently uses the Guinean Franc.
Wikidata: Q1006

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Franc (1915-1925)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

50 Centimes
ND (1917)

Standard banknote

P# 1, N# 270421
1 Franc
ND (1917)

Standard banknote

P# 2, N# 270422
5 Centimes
ND (1920)

Standard banknote

P# 3, N# 270424
10 Centimes
ND (1920)

Standard banknote

P# 4, N# 270425
25 Centimes
ND (1920)

Standard banknote

P# 5, N# 270426

Old franc (1959-1971)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

50 Francs
1958

Standard banknote

P# 6, N# 270427
Available for swap 100 Francs
1958

Standard banknote

P# 7, N# 270428
500 Francs
1958

Standard banknote

P# 8, N# 270429
1000 Francs
1958

Standard banknote
190 × 109 mm
P# 9, N# 262384
5000 Francs
1958

Standard banknote

P# 10, N# 270430
10 000 Francs
1958

Standard banknote

P# 11, N# 270431
Available for swap 50 Francs
1963

Standard banknote
129 × 75 mm
P# 12, TBB# 301, N# 227621
Available for swap 100 Francs
1960

Standard banknote
135 × 80 mm
P# 13, N# 241255
Available for swap 500 Francs
1960

Standard banknote

P# 14, N# 270432
Available for swap 1000 Francs
1960

Standard banknote
159 × 92 mm
P# 15, N# 242230

Syli (1971-1985)

100 Cauris = 1 Syli

Available for swap 10 Sylis
1971

Standard banknote
130 × 70 mm
P# 16, N# 209979
Available for swap 25 Sylis
1971

Standard banknote
143 × 77 mm
P# 17, N# 215898
Available for swap 50 Sylis
1971

Standard banknote
156 × 85 mm
P# 18, N# 242067
Available for swap 100 Sylis
1971

Standard banknote
170 × 91 mm
P# 19, N# 215611
Available for swap 1 Syli
1981

Standard banknote
90 × 43 mm
P# 20, N# 209254
Available for swap 2 Sylis
1981

Standard banknote
100 × 45 mm
P# 21, N# 222871
5 Sylis
1980

Standard banknote
111 × 54 mm
P# 22, N# 224898
Available for swap 10 Sylis
1980

Standard banknote
120 × 70 mm
P# 23, N# 208006
Available for swap 25 Sylis
1980

Standard banknote
133 × 78 mm
P# 24, N# 264667
Available for swap 50 Sylis
1980

Standard banknote
156 × 84 mm
P# 25, N# 264671
Available for swap 100 Sylis
1980

Standard banknote
169 × 92 mm
P# 26, N# 264674
Available for swap 500 Sylis
1980

Standard banknote
172 × 94 mm
P# 27, N# 239598

New franc (1985-date)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc

Available for swap 25 Francs
1985

Standard banknote
120 × 54 mm
P# 28, N# 209102
Available for swap 50 Francs
1985

Standard banknote
130 × 64 mm
P# 29, N# 210975
Available for swap 100 Francs
1985

Standard banknote
130 × 64 mm
P# 30, N# 207340
Available for swap 500 Francs Guinéens
1985

Standard banknote
142 × 72 mm
P# 31, N# 220655
Available for swap 1000 Francs Guinéens
1985

Standard banknote
150 × 79 mm
P# 32, N# 220666
Available for swap 5000 Francs
1985

Standard banknote
156 × 86 mm
P# 33, N# 214046
Available for swap 100 Francs
1998-2015

Standard banknote
130 × 64 mm
P# 35, N# 203047
Available for swap 500 Francs
1998

Standard banknote
132 × 62 mm
P# 36, N# 203052
1000 Francs
1998

Standard banknote
146 × 73 mm
P# 37, N# 213374
Available for swap 5000 Francs
1998

Standard banknote
158 × 79 mm
P# 38, N# 241166
Available for swap 500 Francs
2006-2012

Standard banknote
132 × 63 mm
P# 39, N# 205820
Available for swap 1000 Francs
2006-2015

Standard banknote
136 × 65 mm
P# 40, N# 208526
Available for swap 5000 Francs
2006-2012

Standard banknote
150 × 75 mm
P# 41, N# 213381
Available for swap 10 000 Francs
2007-2008

Standard banknote
153 × 78 mm
P# 42, N# 241168
Available for swap 1000 Francs (50th Anniversary of Central Bank and Guinean Currency)
2010

Commemorative note: 50th Anniversary of Central Bank and Guinean Currency
139 × 68 mm
P# 43, N# 203483
5000 Francs (Central Bank and Guinean Currency)
2010

Commemorative note: 50th Anniversary of Central Bank and Guinean Currency
151 × 76 mm
P# 44, N# 221083
Available for swap 10 000 Francs (Central Bank and Guinean Currency)
2010

Commemorative note: 50th Anniversary of Central Bank and Guinean Currency

P# 45, N# 270433
Available for swap 10 000 Francs
2012

Standard banknote
154 × 78 mm
P# 46, TBB# 336, N# 216271
Available for swap 500 Francs
2015-2017

Standard banknote
128 × 63 mm
P# 47, N# 203780
Available for swap 1000 Francs
2015-2022

Standard banknote
133 × 64 mm
P# 48, N# 203487
Available for swap 5000 Francs
2015-2022

Standard banknote
140 × 67 mm
P# 49, N# 206780
Available for swap 20 000 Francs
2015-2018

Standard banknote
148 × 70 mm
P# 50, N# 201845
Available for swap 100 Francs
2015

Standard banknote
124 × 64 mm
P# A47, N# 203830

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