New Gambian banknote to circulates in 3 months

By Pa Modou Cham

The governor of the Central bank of The Gambia Bakary k. Jammeh has disclosed that in next two to three months, The Gambia will introduces new family banknote different from the previous once.

He made this remarks yesterday at the monetary policy committee meeting held at the central bank of The Gambia.

“We feel that the individual faces represented in our own currency should bb changed for inclusivity,” he said.

He added that they feel that Gambia is bigger than everyone and we have our natural recourses that can be display in the money to represent all citizens.

On the new notes, when you look under ultra violet light, you will see a number of features that glow on the front of the red serial number. 

The note value in the centre and smaller value in two colours bottom right. On the back, the birds in the bottom right corner also glow.

There are also some areas of the note that just look like plain areas of print or sample lines but when using a magnifying lens, you will see that they are small letters and numbers.