{"id":7861,"date":"2015-02-26T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T09:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test946983.live-website.com\/?p=7861"},"modified":"2020-02-16T15:49:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T15:49:04","slug":"gambia-unveils-new-note-family-including-20-and-200-dalasi-denominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/?p=7861","title":{"rendered":"Gambia unveils new note family including 20- and 200-dalasi denominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/posters-dlr-gambia-a2-poster-new-family-of-banknotes_page_1.jpg\" alt=\"posters-dlr-gambia-a2-poster-new-family-of-banknotes_page_1.jpg\" height=\"678\" width=\"480\">,<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gambia_cbg_20_dalasis_2015.00.00_b30a_pnl_a_0033713_f.jpg\" alt=\"gambia_cbg_20_dalasis_2015.00.00_b30a_pnl_a_0033713_f.jpg\" height=\"245\" width=\"480\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-larger-font-size\">\n<div class=\"blog-entry-body\">\n<p>According to an <a href=\"http:\/\/thepoint.gm\/africa\/gambia\/article\/gambia-gets-new-d20-and-d200-notes\" target=\"self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article in The Point dated 26 February 2015<\/a>, on 25 February the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbg.gm\" target=\"self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Central Bank of The Gambia<\/a> launched a new 20-dalasi polymer note, part of a new family of notes, which now includes a 200-dalasi note, twice the size of the previously largest denomination.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that the D20 note shown in the poster above is incorrectly shown as blue with a windowed security thread, whereas the actual note is green without a security thread.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All of the redesigned banknotes bear the portrait of President Yahya Jammeh and are smaller in size than the existing paper-based banknotes.<\/p>\n<p>The D20 will replace the existing D25 banknote which will continue to be legal tender and will continue to circulate until it is fully withdrawn over time, the release stated.<\/p>\n<p>The historic event held at State House formed part of activities marking the country`s Golden Jubilee.<\/p>\n<p>In his statement, President Jammeh urged Gambians to take ownership of the new banknotes and handle them with care.<\/p>\n<p>He called on the Gambian populace to familiarize themselves with the new banknotes, and help in ensuring their protection from counterfeiters.<\/p>\n<p>He assured De La Rue, the firm that printed the country`s currency, of the government`s continued partnership.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Alex Zlotin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>, According to an article in The Point dated 26 February 2015, on 25 February the Central Bank of The Gambia launched a new 20-dalasi polymer note, part of a new family of notes, which now includes a 200-dalasi note, twice the size of the previously largest denomination. Please note<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/?p=7861\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,337,8],"tags":[79],"class_list":["entry","author-owen-linzmayer","post-7861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-africa","category-new-note","category-polymer","tag-gambia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7861"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28829,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7861\/revisions\/28829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}