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2000 Dollars Millennium
| Issuer | Bank of Guyana |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The full Arms of Guyana occupy the central field, featuring a shield divided into quarters and supported by two jaguars rampant on either side, with an Amerindian headdress as crest above. A scroll beneath the shield bears the national motto in three lines. The country name GUYANA is inscribed as a legend at the top of the coin, while the dual date 1999 - 2000 is prominently rendered in large numerals along the lower portion of the field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the millennium by a country that had spent much of the 1990s clawing back from economic collapse — Guyana's GDP per capita had fallen so sharply during the 1980s under Desmond Hoyte's austerity programs that a commemorative $2000 face value was essentially theatrical. The IMF-supervised recovery was still incomplete when this piece was struck.
The copper-nickel composition distinguishes it from KM#53, the silver version struck for collector markets. Circulating commemoratives at this weight and diameter from Caribbean and South American issuers were frequently hoarded immediately upon release.