Reference:
Pick: #13 , The Banknote Book: B217 , Other: #K213
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Description
Bank of Guyana. No date (1942). First issue in 1942. Printed in black on cream paper. Security background with the mention "Banque de la Guiana" reproduced continuously in red rose on the front. Dimensions: 170 x 100 mm. Banknote without watermark. Printer: E.A Wright Banknote Co. of Philadelphia Printing Company.
Front: A map of Guyana drawn on an old parchment and a compass. Two variants of signatures with The Director, A Censor and The Cashier.
Back: Article 139 of the Penal Code printed on two lines. Unsigned specimen, numbered AV6. Unsigned specimen, numbered A1-000. Unsigned and unnumbered specimen.
3477 notes were still in circulation in 1978!