Catalog
1000 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Guyana |
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| Year | 2005-2009 |
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| Size | 156 × 65 mm |
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| Obverse description | The Bank of Guyana crest is centred on the face, with a map of Guyana indicating mineral resources positioned to its right and a stylised flower vignette split across both lateral edges of the note. A segmented security thread divides the crest from the map, while an OVD shield device is placed between the map and the floral motif. Two serial numbers in ascending-size digits appear in black — one vertically at left, one horizontally at upper right — set against a lilac-brown and purple multicolour guilloche underprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | $1000 BANK OF GUYANA ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT |
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The Bank of Guyana's 1000-dollar denomination was introduced as the country's highest-value note, a reflection of the cumulative inflation that had steadily eroded the purchasing power of lower denominations since the 1980s. De La Rue's production for this series is technically competent but unremarkable — the firm has printed Guyanese currency for decades, and this issue follows the same manufacturing profile as its predecessors.
The OVD (optically variable device) strip is worth noting: its inclusion on a denomination from a small Caribbean economy signals how widely TDLR pushed anti-counterfeiting upgrades across its client base during this period, regardless of the note's actual counterfeiting risk profile.