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10 Dalasis
| Issuer | Central Bank of The Gambia |
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| Year | 2001-2005 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Predominantly green note with a central vignette of an African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) perched on a branch amid foliage and a decorative geometric guilloche underprint. A portrait of a young Gambian male appears at the right, rendered in intaglio. Two facsimile signatures appear at the lower left, attributed to the Governor and General Manager respectively, above the denomination in both Latin and Arabic script. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is executed in green and brown tones, with a central vignette of the Earth satellite station in The Gambia, rendered as a large parabolic dish antenna set within a compound of low buildings and tropical vegetation. The issuer name appears at the top, and the denomination in Latin script is printed at the base within a guilloche border. Decorative patterned bands run along the left and right margins. |
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The Central Bank of The Gambia's P#21 series coincided with a period of sustained political consolidation under Yahya Jammeh, who had seized power in a bloodless coup in 1994 and by 2001 was governing through a nominally civilian framework following a contested presidential election that international observers widely criticized. The note entered circulation as the dalasi was under chronic pressure from Gambia's narrow export base — groundnuts and tourism — leaving the currency vulnerable to seasonal devaluation cycles throughout the early 2000s.
Thomas De La Rue's production for this series employed a security thread specification typical of their West African client work of the period, though the watermark pairing kept authentication accessible without sophisticated equipment — a practical choice for a country where rural market transactions dominated daily commerce.