The syli was the currency of
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
between 1971 and 1985. It was subdivided into 100 cauris. The
Maninkakan
Maninka (also known as Malinke), or more precisely Eastern Maninka, is the name of several closely related languages and dialects of the southeastern Manding subgroup of the Mande language family. It is the mother tongue of the Malinké peop ...
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.
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
References
Guineaat Infotech 2003
Currencies of Africa
Modern obsolete currencies
1971 establishments in Guinea
1985 disestablishments in Guinea
Economic history of Guinea
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