1 Pound - George V

€253,966.00
IssuerThe Bahamas
Year1930
TypeStandard circulation banknotes
Value1 Pound
CurrencyPound (Before 1966)
CompositionPaper
Size150 × 83 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterWaterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961)
No. printed
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Reference(s) P#7
Obverse descriptionOlive print; yellow underprint; red serial numbers.  Front-left facing bust of King George V at right, sailing ship seal at left, palm trees and ship at centre.
Reverse descriptionOlive print.  British coat of arms at centre. Value in corners.
Signature(s)Charles Cecil Farquharson Dundas, Stafford Lomax, Walter Kingsbury Moore,
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Obverse lettering£1 THE CURRENCY ACT OF 1919 THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE POUND EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY, COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY RECEIVER GENERAL, COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON WALL. LONDON, E.C.
(Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.)
Reverse lettering£1 ONE POUND THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT DIEU ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON WALL. LONDON, E.C.
(Translation: God and my right. Shamed be whoever thinks ill of it.)
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Catalog ID8679289650
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