{"product_id":"guyana-p-41-50-dollars-2016-coat-of-arms-map-50th-anniversary-independence","title":"Guyana P-41 50 Dollars 2016—Coat of Arms \u0026 Map—50th Anniversary of Independence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGuyana issued this 50-dollar note in 2016 to mark exactly fifty years of independence\u003c\/strong\u003e — and packed it with every symbol the nation holds dear: the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coat_of_arms_of_Guyana\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCoat of Arms\u003c\/a\u003e, the map of the country, the national motto, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victoria_amazonica\" target=\"_blank\"\u003egiant waterlily\u003c\/a\u003e, doves in flight, and a golden anniversary logo that declares \u003cem\u003e1966–2016\u003c\/em\u003e. It is a commemorative note that wears its pride openly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFront\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColors:\u003c\/strong\u003e warm peach\/salmon background; deep crimson-red engraving throughout; gold-yellow anniversary \"50\" logo with jaguar; pale cream guilloche panels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coat_of_arms_of_Guyana\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCoat of Arms of Guyana\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (center, watermark window)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMap of Guyana\u003c\/strong\u003e (right of center, engraved)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e50th anniversary logo\u003c\/strong\u003e — stylized \"50\" with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jaguar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ejaguar\u003c\/a\u003e and inscription \u003cem\u003eGUYANA 1966–2016\u003c\/em\u003e (far right)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInscription:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eCelebrating Fifty Years of Guyana's Independence\u003c\/em\u003e (upper right)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInscription:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eBANK OF GUYANA \/ FIFTY 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 AA537237 (upper right and left vertical)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bankofguyana.org.gy\/bog\/about-us\/governor\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDr. Bobind Ganga\u003c\/a\u003e (Gov.) 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\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Security_thread\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecurity thread\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — segmented, with repeating \u003cem\u003eGUYANA 50\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBack\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColors:\u003c\/strong\u003e warm peach\/salmon background; deep crimson-red engraving throughout; orange-pink \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victoria_amazonica\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVictoria amazonica\u003c\/a\u003e waterlily (left); lavender-pink doves (right); gold-yellow map-on-flag centerpiece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victoria_amazonica\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVictoria amazonica\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — national flower of Guyana, giant waterlily (left)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMap of Guyana superimposed on the national flag\u003c\/strong\u003e (center)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDoves in flight\u003c\/strong\u003e — branch with blossoms (right)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInscription:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eOne People, One Nation, One Destiny\u003c\/em\u003e — national motto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInscription:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eBANK OF GUYANA \/ FIFTY DOLLARS\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eOther Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eP-41 (2016) — Ganga \u0026amp; Jordan — this note\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog numbers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pick P-41; TBB B405; Numista N#201698\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macaw\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMacaw\u003c\/a\u003e with numeral 50\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 Not specified\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 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bankofguyana.org.gy\/bog\/about-us\/governor\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDr. Bobind Ganga\u003c\/a\u003e (Gov.) 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\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial language(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/English_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Guyana\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\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. ~450,000)\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Named after \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKing George III\u003c\/a\u003e of Britain when the British consolidated the colony in 1812\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin of name:\u003c\/strong\u003e From an indigenous \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arawak_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArawak\u003c\/a\u003e word meaning \"land of many waters\" — a fitting name for a country defined by rivers, rainforest, and coastline\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePopulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e 800,000 (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 globally; one of the fastest-growing economies in the world 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\u003eEthnicities:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-Guyanese\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIndo-Guyanese\u003c\/a\u003e (~40%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afro-Guyanese\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAfro-Guyanese\u003c\/a\u003e (~30%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mixed-race_Guyanese\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMixed\u003c\/a\u003e (~17%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indigenous_peoples_in_Guyana\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmerindian\u003c\/a\u003e (~10%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Guyanese\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChinese\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portuguese_Guyanese\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePortuguese\u003c\/a\u003e (~3%)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMemberships:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caribbean_Community\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCARICOM\u003c\/a\u003e (founding member, 1973 — Georgetown hosts the secretariat); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commonwealth_of_Nations\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCommonwealth of Nations\u003c\/a\u003e (since 1966); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organization_of_American_States\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOAS\u003c\/a\u003e (since 1967); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Association_of_Caribbean_States\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eACS\u003c\/a\u003e (since 1994); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Union_of_South_American_Nations\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eUNASUR\u003c\/a\u003e (since 2008); \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Community_of_Latin_American_and_Caribbean_States\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCELAC\u003c\/a\u003e (since 2011)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSovereignty:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\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\n\n\u003ch3\u003eGuyana Unfiltered\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\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\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jonestown\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonestown massacre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e happened here — 918 Americans died in the jungle in a single day in 1978, the largest mass death of US civilians in history until 9\/11. The site is still there, largely unmarked.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuyana has one of the \u003cstrong\u003ehighest suicide rates in the world\u003c\/strong\u003e — consistently in the global top 5, driven by social pressures within the Indo-Guyanese community.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venezuela\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVenezuela\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e claims two-thirds of Guyana's territory — the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Essequibo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEssequibo region\u003c\/a\u003e — and has never stopped. The dispute is active, unresolved, and occasionally alarming.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuyana's coastline sits \u003cstrong\u003ebelow sea level\u003c\/strong\u003e — the entire populated strip of the country is held back from the Atlantic by a Dutch-built seawall. Without it, the capital drowns.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe country has \u003cstrong\u003emore citizens living abroad than at home\u003c\/strong\u003e — the Guyanese diaspora in New York, Toronto, and London outnumbers the domestic population.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuyana has \u003cstrong\u003eno McDonald's, no Starbucks, no major Western fast food chains\u003c\/strong\u003e — one of the few countries in the Americas where global franchises simply haven't landed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuyana pledged to become the world's first \u003cstrong\u003e100% organic agricultural nation\u003c\/strong\u003e — an extraordinary ambition for a country whose economy now runs on oil.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDespite the oil boom, Guyana has committed to keeping \u003cstrong\u003eits rainforest standing\u003c\/strong\u003e and selling carbon credits instead of clearing land — a genuinely unusual bet.\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\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\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFifty Years, One Note\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1966, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guyana\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGuyana\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e became the first English-speaking country in South America to gain independence from Britain. Fifty years later, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bank_of_Guyana\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBank of Guyana\u003c\/a\u003e issued this commemorative 50-dollar note to mark the anniversary — and chose to fill it not with a single portrait or landmark, but with the \u003cstrong\u003efull vocabulary of national identity\u003c\/strong\u003e: the Coat of Arms, the map, the flag, the motto, the national flower, and the jaguar. It is a note that says: \u003cem\u003ethis is who we are, and we have been here fifty years.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Flower That Floats on the Amazon\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victoria_amazonica\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVictoria amazonica\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — the giant Amazonian waterlily — dominates the reverse in vivid orange-pink. It is Guyana's national flower, and it earns the designation: its pads can reach three meters in diameter and support the weight of a child. It blooms for just two nights, white on the first, pink on the second, then sinks. \u003cstrong\u003eGuyana put a flower that lives for 48 hours on a note meant to last generations.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eOne People, One Nation, One Destiny\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe national motto — \u003cem\u003eOne People, One Nation, One Destiny\u003c\/em\u003e — appears in full on the reverse, arching beneath the map-on-flag centerpiece. It was chosen at independence to hold together a country of \u003cstrong\u003eextraordinary ethnic complexity\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-Guyanese\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIndo-Guyanese\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afro-Guyanese\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAfro-Guyanese\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indigenous_peoples_in_Guyana\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmerindian\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Guyanese\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChinese\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portuguese_Guyanese\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePortuguese\u003c\/a\u003e, and mixed communities, all sharing a coastline smaller than the rainforest behind them. The motto is aspirational. It has not always been easy. But it is still on the money.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eOwn This Document of Guyana at Fifty\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a \u003cstrong\u003ecommemorative note issued once\u003c\/strong\u003e, for a single anniversary that will not come again. The \u003cstrong\u003eP-41\u003c\/strong\u003e was printed in 2016 and captures Guyana at a precise historical hinge — fifty years independent, and one year after the offshore oil discovery that would change everything. In \u003cstrong\u003euncirculated condition\u003c\/strong\u003e, it is pristine: the salmon and crimson colors sharp, the jaguar gold, the doves still in flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA country that spent 350 years under colonial rule, celebrating fifty years of being itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51956265681207,"sku":"GY41U","price":1.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/41o_0ae426b8-3175-46ef-b190-dd9d403072af.jpg?v=1776088341","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/guyana-p-41-50-dollars-2016-coat-of-arms-map-50th-anniversary-independence","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}