1 Dollar Government Issue

Issuer	Government of British Guiana
Year	1937-1942
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Obverse description	Red on green and purple multicolour underprint, with black serial numbers, date, and two manuscript signatures. A central vignette of a waterfall is flanked by a toucan vignette at left and a ship seal at right, all set within an intricate guilloche border. The legend THE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH GUIANA and denomination ONE DOLLAR appear in bold letterpress text.
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Reverse description	Printed entirely in red, the reverse is dominated by an intaglio bust portrait of King George VI in military dress uniform at centre, enclosed within a circular guilloche frame. Elaborate lathe-work panels fill the left and right fields, each incorporating a large numeral 1, with the printer's imprint WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON inscribed at the lower centre.
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