1 Dollar Government Issue

Issuer	Government of British Guiana
Year	1916-1918
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Size	118 × 63 mm
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Obverse description	Red-brown note printed on plain paper, with a vignette of a fully-rigged sailing vessel at left against a fine guilloche underprint. Serial numbers, date, and signatures are applied in black across the face, with the Currency Commissioners' legend and promise-to-pay text rendered in letterpress. The issuing authority, denomination, and colonial motto appear in multiple positions.
Obverse lettering	THE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH GUIANA Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand the Sum of ONE DOLLAR DAMUS PETIMUSQUE VICISSIM Georgetown Currency Commissioners ONE DOLLAR $1 $1 ONE DOLLAR THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED (Translation: Latin motto: WE GIVE AND WE ASK IN RETURN)
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Reverse lettering	DAMUS PETIMUSQUE VICISSIM (Translation: WE GIVE AND WE ASK IN RETURN)
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