1 Dollar Government Issue

Issuer	Government of British Guiana
Year	1920-1924
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Size	150 × 85 mm
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Obverse lettering	THE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH GUIANA Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand the Sum of ONE DOLLAR DAMUS PETIMUSQUE VICISSIM (Translation: WE GIVE AND WE ASK IN RETURN) Georgetown Currency Commissioners 1st. January, 1920 ONE DOLLAR $1 $1 ONE DOLLAR THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED
Reverse description	Printed entirely in red-brown, the reverse is dominated by a central circular vignette of a sailing ship at sea, enclosed within an elaborate guilloche border bearing the colony's motto. The vignette is flanked on both sides by large symmetrical rosette guilloche ornaments, with further intricate lathe-work filling the remaining field.
Reverse lettering	DAMUS PETIMUSQUE VICISSIM (Translation: WE GIVE AND WE ASK IN RETURN)
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