Currency history
Guinean franc
Guinean franc: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- GNF
- Ancestry branch
- French franc
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Where this money came from
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Predecessor
Guinean syli1986Documented1 Guinean syli = 1 GNF
This currencyGNF
Guinean francNo successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.
The story
The governor dates the Guinean franc's introduction as official currency to 1 March 1960. [1]
Turning points
Currency replacement
Guinea restores the franc. Use changeover date rather than 1985 note-series dating. [2]
Sources and evidence
- Karamo Kaba, Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea · 63rd anniversary address, 1 March 2023 C517 ↗
- Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 C759 ↗
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“Guinean franc.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000266.html