Original sentence: Since 1955 it has been divided into 100 cents although cent coins are no longer used due to inflation.The dollar (currency code GYD) has been the currency of Guyana (formerly British Guiana) since 1839
Edited sentence: Originally it was intended as a transitionary unit to facilitate the changeover from the Dutch guilder system of currency to the British pound sterling system.The Spanish dollar was already prevailent throughout the West Indies in general, and from 1839, the Spanish dollar unit operated in British Guiana in conjunction with British sterling coins at a standard rate of one dollar for every four shillings and twopence.The dollar (currency code GYD) has been the unit of account in Guyana (formerly British Guiana) since 1839.The original plan to eventually adopt the sterling unit of account was finally abandoned in 1935 when the dollar was formally adopted as the currency of British Guiana, and in 1955 the British sterling coinage was replaced with a new decimal coinage which was simultaneously introduced through all the British territories in the Eastern Carribean