The dalasi is the currency of the Gambia that was adopted in 1971. It is subdivided into 100 bututs. It replaced the Gambian pound at a rate of 1 pound = 5 dalasis, i.e. 1 dalasi = 0.2 pound = 4 shillings.
25 dalasi note and coins from 5 bututs to 1 dalasi
Obverse of the 10 and 25 dalasis notes.
Reverse of the 10 and 25 dalasis notes.
Obverse of the 5 and 100 dalasis notes.
Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara was a Gambian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1962 to 1970, and then as the first President of The Gambia from 1970 to 1994, when he was deposed.
Jawara in 1979
PM Jawara with David Ben-Gurion and General Moshe Dayan during a visit to Israel in 1962.