1 Pound - George VI

€274,516.00
IssuerThe Bahamas
Year1936
TypeStandard banknote
Value1 Pound
CurrencyPound (Before 1966)
CompositionPaper
Size153 × 84 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterThomas De La Rue, London, United Kingdom
No. printed
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In circulation to
Reference(s) P#11
Obverse descriptionBlack print; yellow underprint; red serial numbers.  Front-facing bust of King George VI at right. Ship seal at left. Watermark area at centre.
Reverse descriptionMulticolor print.  British coat of arms at left. Value at right.  Watermark area at centre.
Signature(s)J.H.Jarett, R. W. Tayler, Walter Kingsbury Moore, William Leslie Heape, Duncan George Stewart, H. R. Latreille, Basil Burnside, George V. E. Higgs,
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionBust of Christopher Columbus.
Obverse lettering£1 THE CURRENCY NOTE ACT 1936 THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT ONE POUND EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY RECEIVER GENERAL, COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY. LIMITED. LONDON.
(Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.)
Reverse letteringONE POUND THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT DIEU ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE £1
(Translation: God and my right. Shamed be whoever thinks ill of it.)
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Catalog ID3421247280
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