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| Issuer | Bank of Guyana |
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| Year | 2005-2009 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK OF GUYANA $1000 ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS $1000 |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, OVD |
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| Comments |
The Bank of Guyana's 1000-dollar denomination was introduced as the country's highest-value note, a reflection of the cumulative inflation that had steadily eroded the purchasing power of lower denominations since the 1980s. De La Rue's production for this series is technically competent but unremarkable — the firm has printed Guyanese currency for decades, and this issue follows the same manufacturing profile as its predecessors.
The OVD (optically variable device) strip is worth noting: its inclusion on a denomination from a small Caribbean economy signals how widely TDLR pushed anti-counterfeiting upgrades across its client base during this period, regardless of the note's actual counterfeiting risk profile.