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Please, change info and image. The coat of arms has changed since 1993. No arms included. See the article in Greek. Thanks --Lemur12 17:24, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The many variants of the coat of arms[edit]

I have seen many variants of the coat of arms. For example, a stamp from Guinea from 1969 (Scott# 540) has much the same form as the 1958-1984 wikipedia version except the scroll is red, yellow and green (an earlier stamp sheet from 1962 has the coat of arms but it is just in an outline form with no color). Whitney Smith in his two books (Flags through the Ages and Across the World and Flags and Arms Across the World) for the 1958-1984 arms has different colors. The shield is divided vertically red and yellow. The elephant, dove and scroll are all in green. Interestingly enough, there are a pair of stamps sheets from Guinea from 2022 which have a coat of arms depicted including a shield with vertical stripes of red, yellow and green with a yellow elephant. The scroll is yellow with black letters. There is no dove nor olive branch in this rendition. I am not sure how much oversight the government of Guinea had for this pair of stamps sheets from 2022 to know for certain if this rendition is in any way official. It would beneficial for this article if we could somehow verify how many of these variants were official. ElkandAcquerne (talk) 16:21, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The book Guide to the Flags of the World by Mauro Talocci has a red and yellow shield, a green elephant, a green dove, and the motto text is white on a green scroll. 71.239.86.150 (talk) 19:50, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The 1958-1984 Wikipedia version is also shown in The International Flag Book in Color. [1] 71.239.86.150 (talk) 21:17, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Based on the description in [2], the arms from 1958 to 1984 are the same as depicted in Flags and Arms across the World. 71.239.86.150 (talk) 14:02, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That is interesting. I need to double check another stamp with the People's Palace building which has a coat of arms in color which I believe is based on the coat of arms which was probably on thatt building as a front plaque (at that time). I believe I have seen a photo of the People's Palace sometime between 1984-1993 as it had that version of the coat of arms. I wonder if the green elephant version in some books is based on what was depicted on the parliament building at the time? ElkandAcquerne (talk) 00:37, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK the stamps with the People's Palace are from 1967 (Scott numbers 479 and 481). The shield is divided red by yellow (vertically) and the elephant is green. The image is too small to tell if the dove is green or white. ElkandAcquerne (talk) 01:11, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Colours of the 1958-1984 Coat of Arms[edit]

I have noticed the actual colours of the 1958-1964 vary by flag book and even on state issued stamps from Guinea. For example in the two Whitney Smith books, the elephant, dove and scoll are green, the shield is divided red and yellow vertical while the writing is white. Can someone create a version of the 1058-1964 coat of arms with these colours? I think we should reference both versions. The version currently here is referenced by Hesmer. I will include references. The source Flags of the World, 1990 by William G. Crampton references the green elephant version, but does not include an actual picture of it. ElkandAcquerne (talk) 16:46, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Colours of the 1984-1993 Coat of Arms[edit]

It is interesting to note some colour variations I have also seen for these coat of arms. Hubert de Vries has the shield divided vertically red and yellow. while Crampton (1990) has the shield divided vertically red and green. Also in Crampton's version the three colours at the bottom of the coat of arms are vertically green, yellow and red. ElkandAcquerne (talk) 17:08, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]