Thomas De La Rue has printed Gambian banknotes for decades, and this series continues that relationship without interruption. The Gambia's currency, the dalasi, replaced the pound in 1971 following decimalisation — a reform that predated independence from the sterling area by several years in practical terms, though the political break had come in 1965.
The cotton substrate and dual security features — watermark and embedded thread — represent the lower tier of De La Rue's available security specifications, appropriate for a denomination in active everyday circulation in a small West African economy.
Thomas De La Rue has printed Gambian banknotes for decades, and this series continues that relationship without interruption. The Gambia's currency, the dalasi, replaced the pound in 1971 following decimalisation — a reform that predated independence from the sterling area by several years in practical terms, though the political break had come in 1965.
The cotton substrate and dual security features — watermark and embedded thread — represent the lower tier of De La Rue's available security specifications, appropriate for a denomination in active everyday circulation in a small West African economy.