DescriptionGuyana, Republic, 100 Dollar Gold Coin 1976 Proof.jpg
English: Former British Guiana in South America. 10 Years of Independence.
Arawak Red Indian l., surrounding :
"ELDORADO 1596 - A NEW GUYANA 1966 100 DOLLARS"/ Arms, surrounding : "OUR PEOPLE - OUR MOST PRECIOUS ASSET Bank Guyana date". KM 46.
Weight 5.74 g Au 500.
In 1595 Sir Walter Raleigh 1554 - 1618 "discovered" Guyana for England under Queen Elisabeth I on his search for Eldorado (Spanish EL Dorado) a city of gold in the interior of South America. In 1596 he published a book in England about this voyage.
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