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About :#28 - 5000 francs Antillean Type 1955
Bank of Guyana. No date (1955). Issued note in 1956. Work of Robert Poughéon. Dimensions: 196 x 107 mm. Watermark with west Indian head profile left. 120,637 issued notes. Front and back: multicolored printing. Front: The word "GUYANA" is repeated in red and continuously in the margin around the note. The title is printed in dark blue and the values "5000" in gray. Numbering and signature are printed in black. In the center, a west Indian woman presents a basket of fruits in front of a group of palm trees on the left. One signature: The Director General: A. Postel-Vinay. Back: group of people in full harvest of sugar cane. At the bottom left, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in a gray cartridge. Specimen of the issued note numbered O.00 - 000 with "SPECIMEN" diagonally perforated and two damp black pads in the upper corners. Number range of issued notes: 1 to 125,000. The issued note is very rare to find: only 4411 copies remained outstanding in December 1973. Only one banknote found: J.4-524. Very rare !
2 variants#28 - 5000 francs Antillean Type 1955
| Pick | Date | Rarity | Alphabet | Numizon comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #28a | 1956 | RRRR | Alph. A.1 > Z.5. Un seul billet retrouvé : J.4-524. | |
| #28s | 1955 | RR | Spécimen du Type émis numéroté O.00 - 000. |
