1 Pound - George V

Obverse description	Olive intaglio print on yellow underprint with red serial numbers. A left-facing portrait bust of King George V occupies the right portion of the note, while the colonial seal with a sailing ship appears at left and a central vignette depicts palm trees and a ship. The text panel carries the promise-to-pay legend along with the motto EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA.
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 description	Olive intaglio print on a cream ground. The British Royal coat of arms, with lion and unicorn supporters, crown and shield, is centrally placed within an ornate guilloche border bearing the motto inscriptions, flanked by agricultural vignettes — a fruit-harvesting scene to the left and a sisal or cane field with a labourer to the right. Denomination numerals £1 appear in ornate corner cartouches at all four corners, with THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT lettered in a prominent panel at the foot.
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