Guinea
Guinea Banknotes
1960 - Guinea PIC 12a 50 Francs banknote UNC
Guinea 50 Francs banknote dated 1 March 1960, catalogued as Pick P12a. This individual banknote is d..
1960 - Guinea PIC 14a 500 Francs banknote UNC
Guinea 500 Francs banknote dated 1 March 1960, catalogued as Pick P14a. This uncirculated note belon..
1960 - Guinea PIC 15a 1000 Francs banknote F
Guinea 1000 Francs banknote dated 1 March 1960, catalogued as Pick P15a. This individual note is lis..
1971 - Guinea PIC 16 10 Sylis banknote UNC
This Guinea banknote is a 10 Sylis denomination associated with 1971 and catalogued as Pick P16 (Gui..
1971 - Guinea PIC 19 100 Sylis banknote XF
This Guinea 100 Sylis banknote is associated with 1971 and is catalogued as Pick P19. Its main desig..
1980 - Guinea PIC 26a 100 Sylis banknote UNC
This individual Guinea 100 Sylis banknote is associated with 1980 and catalogued as Pick P26a. The n..
1981 - Guinea PIC 21a 2 Sylis banknote UNC
This Guinea 2 Sylis banknote is associated with 1981 and is catalogued as Pick P21a. The note is lis..
1985 - Guinea PIC 29a 50 Francs banknote UNC
This individual Guinea 50 Francs banknote is associated with 1985 and is catalogued as Pick P29a. Th..
1985 - Guinea PIC 30a 100 Francs banknote UNC
This individual banknote from Guinea is a 100 Francs note associated with 1985 and catalogued as Pic..
1985 - Guinea PIC 32a 1000 Francs banknote UNC
Guinea 1000 Francs banknote associated with 1985, catalogued as Pick P32a (PIC 32a). This uncirculat..
Frequently asked questions
What periods and currency names are represented in the Guinea banknote category?
This shop’s Guinea catalog spans dated examples from 1960 through 2012. The records include franc-denominated notes from 1960 and from 1985 onward, alongside Syli-denominated notes dated 1971, 1980 and 1981. These listings provide a useful cross-section of periods represented by the shop, but they should not be treated as a complete account of every banknote issued by Guinea.
Which Guinea banknote denominations appear in the catalog?
The represented franc denominations include 50, 100, 500, 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 francs. Syli listings include 2, 10 and 100 Sylis. Several denominations recur in different years or under different catalog references, particularly 100, 500 and 1,000 francs. This makes the category suitable for browsing either by denomination or by dated catalog type.
How can I distinguish Guinea catalog variants such as PIC 35a and PIC 35b?
Use the complete catalog reference rather than the denomination alone. For example, the Guinea listings identify the 100-franc type as PIC 35a for 1998 and PIC 35b for 2012. Likewise, the 500-franc records distinguish PIC 39a dated 2006 from PIC 39b dated 2012. The suffix is part of the reference, so “a” and “b” listings should be recorded as separate variants.
How can collectors organize the Guinea notes represented here?
A collection based on this shop’s Guinea catalog can be arranged by currency name, date, denomination or PIC reference. One approach is to group the Syli notes—2, 10 and 100 Sylis—separately from the franc issues. Another is to build denomination runs, comparing repeated values such as 100, 500 or 1,000 francs across different dates and references. Grade can also be recorded as a separate collecting attribute.
What should a buyer check before choosing a Guinea banknote listing?
Check the listing’s date, denomination, full PIC reference and stated grade. The catalog uses grades including UNC, XF, VF and F, so notes of similar denominations may not have the same condition. Many product descriptions also state that images are for reference and that the banknote number shown will not be sent. Buyers should therefore avoid treating a pictured serial number as an identifying feature of the supplied note.
What is notable about the 1998 Guinea banknotes represented in the shop catalog?
The 1998 group covers a broad denomination sequence: 100 francs as PIC 35a, 500 francs as PIC 36, 1,000 francs as PIC 37 and 5,000 francs as PIC 38. The listed grades are not uniform across this group: the first three are described as UNC, while the 5,000-franc note is listed as VF. These records can be compared as a dated denomination group while retaining their individual references and grades.