Catalog
500 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Guyana |
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| Year | 2011-2019 |
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| Printer | Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF GUYANA FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS $500 GOVERNOR MINISTER OF FINANCE THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT |
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| Protection description | Macaw head and numeral 500 watermark; embedded security thread |
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| Comments |
Giesecke & Devrient's Leipzig facility has handled Guyanese high-denomination production across several series, and the P#37 represents the longest-running configuration in the current portfolio — the 2011 issue date extended well into the following decade with minimal design revision, an unusual run for a note at this face value level in the Caribbean basin.
The security specification is notably lean for a $500 denomination issued in this period; by the 2010s, most comparable regional central banks were incorporating color-shifting ink or optically variable devices on their top notes. The reliance here on watermark and thread alone reflects budget constraints in Guyana's currency procurement rather than any technical limitation on G&D's part.