THE Bank of Guyana has announced that effective March 4, in keeping with efforts to upgrade the local currency, there will be a few noticeable changes in the $1000 bill.
The upgrade, the bank says, will see most of the elements of the previous note being retained, while one of the two significant changes will be the replacement of the holographic stripe at the front of the note, “with a rapid micro-optic security feature.”

Detailing the nature of the change, the bank said, “The 6mm-wide blue feature will display fluid and highly visible movement behind the national flower, which also represents in print on the edges of the note,” and that “with only a slight tilt of the note, the bands in the rapid feature will move up and down behind the static numerals 1000 as the flower petals shimmer in blue and white.”

The second significant change, it said, is the replacement of the windowed security thread at the back of the note with an embedded plastic thread which is visible when held against light.

The new currency will be in circulation alongside the existing note of the same denomination.