10 Cents

Guyana's first independent coinage was authorized following the country's independence from Britain in 1966, with the Bank of Guyana issuing its inaugural series the following year. The 10-cent piece was part of that founding set, replacing the Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority issues that had previously circulated alongside British Guiana colonial coinage.

The series ran largely unchanged for 25 years — an unusually long unmodified run, reflecting chronic budgetary constraints and limited domestic minting capacity. All pieces in this series were struck at the Royal Mint.