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kiwi
Sweden
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 Posted - 06 Mar 2008 : 17:52:27
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Is a 50 dalasis note from 1998 with Sir Dawda Jawara on it still valid in the Gambia?
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 06 Mar 2008 : 23:46:38
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| Its legal tender as far as i know. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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kayjatta
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Posted - 07 Mar 2008 : 02:50:15
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I do not think so. It might be useful as a collectible item, but I doubt if any person can be obligated to accept or offer this expired currency as a consideration (official legal tender) in a business transaction...
These currencies have been pulled off the shelves several years ago, and anyone holding on to these antique fifty dalasis notes must be doing so for probably (collection) purposes... |
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kiwi
Sweden
662 Posts |
Posted - 07 Mar 2008 : 08:24:23
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Ok, I`ll keep it as a souvenir then, a memory from times (-95) when one used to sit under the shades of a mango tree waiting for the flight back home.
See you in the Gambia on Monday! |
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Dr Thomas
Gambia
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Posted - 07 Mar 2008 : 19:04:25
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Kiwi
They are still legal tender. I got a couple from Standard charter yesterday.
Tom
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kiwi
Sweden
662 Posts |
Posted - 07 Mar 2008 : 20:04:07
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| Thanks, good to hear Kondorong and Dr Thomas. Have a nice evening. |
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Karl
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Posted - 07 Mar 2008 : 20:04:11
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| These old notes are still very much in use and in wider circulation as legal tender. They were pulled off but for some reason emerged steadily few years ago. Some notes are in such a deplorable condition, you can't even imagine them being money. Due to poor state of some of these notes, I personally on several occasion had some ripped off notes while trying to pull cash out of my pocket. They are so old, worn-out or completely exhausted. I wonder why Central Bank still have them in circulation. |
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njucks
Gambia
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Posted - 08 Mar 2008 : 13:20:36
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Originally posted by Karl
.............. but for some reason emerged steadily few years ago.
the reason is they keep appearing occassionally is that there are some people, especially those from around Yorro bawol, who dont use the formal banking system but bury their money in their gardens or under the bed untill they need them.
also i dont think dalasi takes plural, its 1, 5, 10, 25 dalasi. |
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kiwi
Sweden
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Posted - 08 Mar 2008 : 16:38:26
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| The print on the notes reads fifty dalasis and one hundred dalasis |
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Edited by - kiwi on 08 Mar 2008 16:39:53 |
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kayjatta
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Posted - 08 Mar 2008 : 22:51:42
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quote:
Originally posted by Karl
These old notes are still very much in use and in wider circulation as legal tender. They were pulled off but for some reason emerged steadily few years ago. Some notes are in such a deplorable condition, you can't even imagine them being money. Due to poor state of some of these notes, I personally on several occasion had some ripped off notes while trying to pull cash out of my pocket. They are so old, worn-out or completely exhausted. I wonder why Central Bank still have them in circulation.
Wow, good to know that. My teacher, Kondorong is right then. |
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