At State House, President Irfaan Ali was yesterday presented with the Bank of Guyana’s $200 commemorative coin to mark the 200th anniversary of the Demerara slave revolt.
A release from the Office of the President said that the bank’s Governor Gobind Ganga presented the commemorative coin in the presence of Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr and members of the 1823 Revolt Committee.
The Demerara Revolt of 1823 in which over 10,000 enslaved persons participated was the largest uprising against slavery in Guyana.
The coin was described as a Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) struck in bronze alloy.
It bears the National Coat of Arms on the obverse side and the 1823 Demerara Revolt Monument on the reverse. The Monument features a bronze sculpture of an enslaved man wielding a machete and a chain with a cross attached to the end.
The coin is minted by the Osborne Mint in the USA and will be available at the Bank at a price of $5,000 each from tomorrow.
