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10 Dalasis
| Issuer | Central Bank of The Gambia |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a detailed line-engraved view of the Abuko Earth satellite station, with its large parabolic dish antenna rising prominently above the station buildings, surrounded by tropical vegetation including banana trees. Guilloche rosette panels in deep green frame the left border, while a geometric pattern underprint occupies the right field. The denomination "TEN DALASIS" is inscribed within a decorative cartouche along the lower margin, with numeral "10" repeated in each corner. |
| Reverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF THE GAMBIA TEN DALASIS 10 |
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The Gambia's 1996 note issue came at a politically sensitive moment — just two years after Lieutenant Yahya Jammeh seized power in a bloodless coup, dissolving parliament and suspending the constitution. The Central Bank continued operating through the transition, and this series represented the first full currency issue under the new military-turned-civilian government, printed to specification by De La Rue under conditions of nominal institutional continuity despite the abrupt change in political authority.
P#17 carries only a watermark as its declared security feature, modest even by mid-1990s standards for De La Rue output.