{"product_id":"guyana-p-30g-20-dollars-nd-2018-unc-kaieteur-falls-ferry-vessel-malali","title":"Guyana P-30g 20 Dollars ND 2018 UNC—Waterfall (Kaieteur Falls)—Ferry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGuyana's 20-dollar note carries two of the country's most defining images\u003c\/strong\u003e — the thundering \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kaieteur_Falls\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKaieteur Falls\u003c\/a\u003e, one of the world's most powerful and least-visited waterfalls, and the \u003cstrong\u003eFerry Vessel Malali\u003c\/strong\u003e, a symbol of the river infrastructure that holds this rainforest nation together. Printed by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_La_Rue\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDe La Rue\u003c\/a\u003e in 2018, this uncirculated example captures Guyana at a pivotal moment — just as the world was beginning to realize what lay beneath its waters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBanknote Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e P-30 was issued from 1996 to 2025 across multiple signature combinations — the buyer will receive the \u003cstrong\u003eP-30g (ND 2018)\u003c\/strong\u003e variety:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-30a (1996) — Meredith \u0026amp; Jagdeo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-30b.1 (1997) — Singh \u0026amp; Jagdeo (acting governor)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-30b.2 (1999) — Singh \u0026amp; Kowlessar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-30c (2006) — Williams \u0026amp; Kowlessar (acting governor)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-30d (2006) — Williams \u0026amp; Kowlessar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-30e (2009) — Williams \u0026amp; Singh; two printers: De La Rue and Canadian Bank Note Company\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-30f (2016) — Ganga \u0026amp; Singh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eP-30g (2018) — Ganga \u0026amp; Jordan — this note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eP-30h (2025) — Ganga \u0026amp; Jagdeo (Vice President)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFront:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColors:\u003c\/strong\u003e cream\/pale yellow background; dark brown engraving throughout; orange-gold coat of arms shield; blue serial number; pink and pale green guilloche tints\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kaieteur_Falls\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaieteur Falls\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — photographic view (right portion)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeal\u003c\/strong\u003e of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bank_of_Guyana\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBank of Guyana\u003c\/a\u003e (center)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLarge \"$20\" \u003cstrong\u003erosette\u003c\/strong\u003e guilloche panels (left and right)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInscription:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eBANK OF GUYANA \/ TWENTY DOLLARS \/ THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSerial number\u003c\/strong\u003e C\/07 123163 (ascending size, upper right and lower left)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Security_thread\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecurity thread\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e with repeating \"GUYANA\" embedded\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBack:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColors:\u003c\/strong\u003e pale peach\/cream background; dark brown\/black engraving throughout; orange-gold decorative swirl elements (left and right borders); pale yellow-green background tints\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShipbuilding scene\u003c\/strong\u003e — interior of shipyard with workers and vessel under construction (left)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFerry Vessel Malali\u003c\/strong\u003e docking at port (right)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCaptions:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eSHIP BUILDING\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFERRY VESSEL MALALI\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInscription:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eBANK OF GUYANA \/ TWENTY DOLLARS\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter credit:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eCANADIAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, LIMITED\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not specified\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156 × 65 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bank_of_Guyana\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBank of Guyana\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_La_Rue\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDe La Rue\u003c\/a\u003e, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDemonetized:\u003c\/strong\u003e No — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ecurrent legal tender\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dr. Bobind Ganga (Gov. B.O.G.) and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winston_Jordan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWinston DaCosta Jordan\u003c\/a\u003e (Minister of Finance)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guyanese_dollar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGuyanese dollar\u003c\/a\u003e (decimalized, 1965–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout Guyana\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCapital:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georgetown,_Guyana\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGeorgetown\u003c\/a\u003e (city pop. ~235,000; metro pop. ~320,000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePopulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~0.8 million (UN 2024) — similar to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alaska\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAlaska\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montenegro\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMontenegro\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214,969 km² (83,000 mi²) — similar to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kansas\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKansas\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romania\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRomania\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGDP per capita at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purchasing_power_parity\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePPP\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~$28,000 USD (IMF 2024) — ranks ~78th out of 193 globally; \u003cstrong\u003eone of the fastest-growing economies in the world\u003c\/strong\u003e following major offshore oil discoveries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain exports:\u003c\/strong\u003e Crude oil, gold, bauxite, sugar, rice, timber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBorders:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venezuela\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVenezuela\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazil\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBrazil\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suriname\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSuriname\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial\/spoken language:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/English_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/a\u003e (official); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guyanese_Creole\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGuyanese Creole\u003c\/a\u003e (widely spoken)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSovereignty:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePre-colonial — home to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indigenous_peoples_in_Guyana\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArawak, Carib, and Warao\u003c\/a\u003e peoples\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDutch colonial rule (1616–1796) — established sugar plantations using enslaved labor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBritish rule (1796–1966) — became \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Guiana\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBritish Guiana\u003c\/a\u003e; slavery abolished 1834; indentured labor from India followed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndependence (1966) — as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guyana\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGuyana\u003c\/a\u003e, first English-speaking country in South America to gain independence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRepublic (1970–date) — \u003cstrong\u003ethis note issued during this period\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGuyana Unfiltered\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKaieteur Falls\u003c\/strong\u003e — on the front of this note — drops 226 meters in a single unbroken plunge, making it \u003cstrong\u003enearly five times the height of Niagara Falls\u003c\/strong\u003e. Almost no one has seen it in person.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuyana is the \u003cstrong\u003eonly English-speaking country in South America\u003c\/strong\u003e — a Caribbean soul in a continental body, culturally closer to Trinidad than to Brazil.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn 2015, ExxonMobil discovered one of the \u003cstrong\u003elargest offshore oil reserves ever found\u003c\/strong\u003e. A country of 800,000 people suddenly had more oil per capita than Saudi Arabia.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOver \u003cstrong\u003e80% of Guyana is covered by rainforest\u003c\/strong\u003e — one of the most intact in the world, largely because so few people live there.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Waterfall Almost Nobody Has Seen\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kaieteur_Falls\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaieteur Falls\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e is one of the most powerful waterfalls on earth. It carries the full force of the \u003cstrong\u003ePotaro River\u003c\/strong\u003e over a sandstone cliff 226 meters high — a single, unbroken curtain of water so remote that it wasn't seen by a European until 1870, and most Guyanese have never visited it either. It sits deep inside \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kaieteur_National_Park\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKaieteur National Park\u003c\/a\u003e, accessible only by small aircraft or a multi-day jungle trek. Guyana put it on the \u003cstrong\u003e20-dollar note\u003c\/strong\u003e because it is, simply, the most extraordinary thing in the country — and one of the most extraordinary things on the continent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Country That Built Its Own Ships\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reverse tells a different story — not wilderness, but \u003cstrong\u003eindustry\u003c\/strong\u003e. The shipbuilding scene and the \u003cstrong\u003eFerry Vessel Malali\u003c\/strong\u003e represent Guyana's mid-20th-century ambition to build and operate its own maritime infrastructure along the \u003cstrong\u003eDemerara and Essequibo rivers\u003c\/strong\u003e. In a country with more river than road, \u003cstrong\u003eferries were not transport — they were lifelines\u003c\/strong\u003e. The Malali connected communities that had no other link to the capital. Putting it on a banknote was an act of national pride in the unglamorous, essential work of keeping a country moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Smallest Country With the Biggest Oil Story\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen this note was printed in 2018, Guyana was already sitting on a secret. The offshore \u003cstrong\u003eStabroek Block\u003c\/strong\u003e — discovered in 2015 — had just been confirmed as one of the \u003cstrong\u003elargest oil finds of the 21st century\u003c\/strong\u003e. A nation of 800,000 people was about to become one of the world's top oil producers per capita. \u003cstrong\u003eThis note predates that transformation.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is a document of Guyana as it was — quiet, forested, overlooked — before the world started paying attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eOwn This Note From Guyana, Before the World Noticed\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou're holding a piece of \u003cstrong\u003epre-boom Guyana\u003c\/strong\u003e — a country on the edge of one of the most dramatic economic transformations in modern history. The \u003cstrong\u003eKaieteur Falls\u003c\/strong\u003e on the front hasn't changed. The \u003cstrong\u003erainforest\u003c\/strong\u003e is still there. But the country around this note has been permanently altered. In \u003cstrong\u003euncirculated condition\u003c\/strong\u003e, this is a pristine document of a moment that will not come again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small note from a small country that turned out to be sitting on an \u003cstrong\u003eextraordinary secret\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51951775744311,"sku":"GYP30gU","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/GY30o_8639dd5b-9002-4f56-a4fe-f6d4c5133106.jpg?v=1776005645","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/guyana-p-30g-20-dollars-nd-2018-unc-kaieteur-falls-ferry-vessel-malali","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}