The Bank of Guyana will soon be issuing an upgraded $1,000 banknote with new security thread features including RAPID®.
A press release from the Guyana central bank has confirmed that the upgraded $1,000 banknote will no longer have the holographic stripe displayed on the front of the banknote, but will instead feature Crane Currency’s RAPID® micro-optic security thread.
The 6mm RAPID® thread will be blue coloured and display eye-catching movements visible when the banknote is tilted.
In addition, the colour-shifting security thread which was originally shown on the reverse of the banknote will no longer be present. Instead, a second thread will be embedded in the banknote, only visible when the note is viewed when held against a light source.
The central bank will issue the upgraded banknote from 04 March 2019.
No imagery of the upgraded banknote is available at the time of writing.
Read the press release from the Bank of Guyana.
