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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Bahamas |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Size | 156 × 67 mm |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue intaglio print over yellow and pink guilloche underprint, with black serial numbers. A portrait vignette of Queen Elizabeth II appears at left, the head turned right and crowned with the George IV State Diadem. The watermark zone is reserved at right, with the bank name and legal tender inscription carried in the upper and lower borders. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour print centred on a vignette of American flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) standing in water, with trees in the background. Floral ornaments occupy the left margin, while the coat of arms of the Bahamas is positioned at right. The denomination and issuer name appear in the upper and lower borders. |
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The Bahamas gained full independence in July 1973, and this note is among the first issues of the newly established Central Bank, which replaced the Bahamas Monetary Authority. De La Rue printed the entire inaugural Central Bank series, a logical continuation given their prior work for the Authority — the transition in issuing body was politically significant, but the print contract barely missed a beat.
T. B. Donaldson served as Governor of the Central Bank from its founding; W. C. Allen signed as Finance Minister. The pairing places this note squarely in the bank's earliest operational period, before the signature combinations shifted with subsequent administrations.