Catalog
50 Cents
| Issuer | Bank of Guyana |
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| Year | 1967 |
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| Value | 50 Cents (0.50 GYD) |
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| Obverse lettering | ONE PEOPLE ONE NATION ONE DESTINY |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Guyana's 1967 coinage series — including this fifty-cent piece — was issued the year after the country gained independence from Britain in May 1966. The Bank of Guyana had only been established in 1965, and these first national coins replaced the Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority issues that had circulated throughout the British colonial period. The Royal Mint struck the series on contract.