Catalog
1 Dollar
| Issuer | Bank of Guyana |
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| Year | 1966-1992 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF GUYANA ONE DOLLAR KAIETEUR FALLS $1 THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT GOVERNOR MINISTER OF FINANCE |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Bank of Guyana was established in 1965, just months before independence, and this note belongs to the first sovereign currency series — replacing the Eastern Caribbean dollar that had circulated under British administration. The 26-year date span reflects design continuity rather than a single print run; Thomas De La Rue produced multiple printings across that window, with signature combinations and date prefixes distinguishing them.
Pick 21 is one of the longer-lived low denomination issues in the Caribbean region, which itself points to how slowly inflation eroded the one-dollar unit's purchasing utility in Guyana during this period — a country that would eventually require notes in the tens of thousands by the 1990s.