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5000 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Guyana |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Size | 156 × 65 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | $5000 BANK OF GUYANA THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS $5000 $5000 |
| Reverse description | A scenic vignette of a Guyanese rainforest mountain river occupies the central field, conveying the nation's rich interior landscape. A Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), Guyana's national bird, is rendered in naturalistic detail, accompanied by a branch of the Phoenix palm. The denomination appears in numerals and words at the margins. |
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The 5000-dollar denomination was introduced as the highest value in Guyanese circulation, a response to the country's long-running inflation that had progressively eroded the purchasing power of lower notes. Oberthur Fiduciaire has printed multiple denominations for Guyana over the years, giving the series an unusual consistency of manufacture across what were otherwise turbulent decades for the Guyanese dollar.
Cotton substrate for a note of this denomination is a deliberate durability choice — high-value notes that change hands less frequently than small denominations still need to survive the humid coastal conditions of Georgetown's commercial districts.