Guinean syli

The syli was the currency of Guinea between 1971 and 1985. It was subdivided into 100 cauris. The Sosso word syli means "elephant", while cauri refers to the shells formerly used as currency. The syli replaced the Guinean franc at a rate of 1 syli = 10 francs.

Guinean syli

syli guinéen (French)
2 sylis coin of 1971
ISO 4217
Code	GNS GNE
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄100	cauri
Banknotes	1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500 sylis
Coins	50 cauris, 1, 2, 5 sylis
Demographics
User(s)	Guinea
Issuance
Central bank	Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea
Website	www.bcrg-guinee.org
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.

Coins of 50 cauris, 1, 2 and 5 sylis were made of aluminium. Banknotes of the 1971 series were issued in denominations of 10, 25, 50 and 100 sylis. A second series of banknotes was issued in 1980, this time in different colours and with four additional denominations – 1, 2, 5 and 500 sylis notes.

The syli was replaced by the franc guinéen in 1985 at par.

Banknotes

1971 notes
Image	Value	Main Colour	Obverse	Reverse	Date of issue
[1]	10 sylis	Brown	Patrice Lumumba	People with bananas	1971
[2]	25 sylis	Dark brown	King Béhanzin of Dahomey	Man and cows
[3]	50 sylis	Green	Alpha Yaya Diallo (King of Labé)	Kinkon hydroelectric plant
[4]	100 sylis	Violet	Samori Ture	Steam shovel and two dump trucks
1980 notes
[5]	1 syli	Olive green	Mafory Bangoura	text "un syli"	1980
[6]	2 sylis	Orange	King Mohammed V of Morocco	text "deux sylis"
[7]	5 sylis	Blue	Kwame Nkrumah	People with bananas
[8]	10 sylis	Red	Patrice Lumumba	People with bananas
[9]	25 sylis	Dark gren	King Behazin of Dahomey	Man and cows
[10]	50 sylis	Dark brown	Alpha Yaya Diallo (King of Labé)	Kinkon hydroelectric plant
[11]	100 sylis	Blue	Samori Ture	Steam shovel and two dump trucks
[12]	500 sylis	Dark brown	Josip Broz Tito	People's Palace, Conakry
For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

References

• Guinea at Infotech 2003