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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Bahamas Government |
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| Year | 1965 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark blue intaglio with yellow and pink guilloche underprint; black serial numbers at lower left and upper right. A portrait vignette of Queen Elizabeth II appears at left, shown in three-quarter bust facing right and wearing the George IV State Diadem. The watermark panel occupies the right portion of the note. |
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| Protection description | Shellfish |
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The Bahamas Government series of 1965 was the last currency issued under that authority before the Bahamas Monetary Authority took over issuance in 1968. Pick 22 carries two known signature combinations — Sands & Higgs, and the later Francis, Higgs & Smiley-Butler trio — reflecting ministerial changes within the colonial treasury structure as the islands moved toward greater internal self-government.
De La Rue's watermark security on this series is relatively modest by the standards of their contemporary colonial output. The $10 face value placed this note at the high end of everyday transactional use, and surviving circulated examples tend to show heavy handling wear at the folds — a denomination that moved, rather than sat in cash drawers.