Catalog
5 Dalasis
| Issuer | Central Bank of The Gambia |
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| Year | 2001-2005 |
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| Value | 5 Dalasis |
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| Reverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF THE GAMBIA FIVE DALASIS 5 |
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| Protection description | Embedded security thread running vertically through the note; a crocodile visible when held to light |
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| Comments |
Thomas De La Rue had printed Gambian notes since the country's earliest post-independence issues, and this series continued that relationship into the early 2000s. The Gambia's small economy and limited note requirements meant print runs were modest, and the five-dalasi denomination sat at the lower end of everyday transactional value — enough to see genuine street circulation but not the heavy commercial use that destroys higher denominations quickly.
The 2001–2005 date range covers the consolidation of Yahya Jammeh's rule following his 1994 coup, a period of institutional restructuring that the Central Bank navigated largely by maintaining continuity in its note designs rather than commissioning politically charged replacements.