Catalog
50 Cents
| Issuer | Bank of Guyana |
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| Year | 1967 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The numeral 50 appears prominently at center within a beaded circle, with the spelled-out denomination FIFTY CENTS arcing above and the issuing authority BANK OF GUYANA inscribed along the upper periphery. The date 1967 is positioned in the lower field, flanked on either side by a Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), Guyana's national bird, rendered in profile facing inward. The overall composition is contained within a plain field with a beaded outer border. |
| 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.