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20 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Guyana |
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| Year | 1988-1996 |
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| Currency | Dollar (decimalized, 1965-date) |
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| Obverse description | The right half of the obverse carries an intaglio vignette of Kaieteur Falls, labelled accordingly, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint in orange and purple tones with ornate foliate cornerpieces. The Bank of Guyana coat of arms is centred, flanked by the denomination numeral $20 in scalloped cartouches at each upper corner, with two facsimile signatures below the arms captioned GOVERNOR and MINISTER OF FINANCE respectively. The legal tender clause THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT runs along the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF GUYANA TWENTY DOLLARS GOVERNOR MINISTER OF FINANCE THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT |
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The P#27 series ran for nearly a decade through a period of acute economic difficulty in Guyana — the late 1980s and early 1990s saw the country under IMF structural adjustment, chronic foreign exchange shortages, and a parallel black market rate that rendered official denominations economically awkward almost from the start.
De La Rue printed the full run in London. The single watermark security is modest even by the standards of the period, reflecting what the Guyanese government could afford to specify in the printing contract rather than any deliberate design choice.