The Gambia - 1 Dalasi 1978 Commemorative Opening Ceremony of Central Bank Building

This is a One Dalasi commemorative note issued in 1978 celebrating the opening ceremony of the new Central Bank of The Gambia HQ building. The note is dated 18th February 1978. The design of this note on the front is the same as the 1 Dalasi first issued in 1972 with the portrait of the then President Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara (b 1924, First President of Republic of The Gambia) and the reverse showing the Central Bank new building. This new building is located at Ecowas Avenue in Banjul, which is also the capital of The Gambia. The Central Bank of The Gambia (CBG) was established in 1971 when it took over the assets of the then Gambia Currency Board which was established on 01.10.1964. The CBG then issued it's first set of Dalasi notes with denominations of 1, 5. 10 and 25 Dalasi in 1972. Prior to that the country's used the Pound currency systems.

One Dalasi

Dated 1978, P8

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