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10 Shillings
| Issuer | Bahamas Government |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 10 Shillings (1/2) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on red and yellow guilloche underprint with red serial numbers. A donkey cart vignette occupies the left portion, the colonial seal of the Bahamas — bearing the legend SIGILLUM PROVIDENTIA C^ETERARUMQUE BAHAMA INSULARVM EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA — is centred, and a bush scene fills the right. Commissioner of Currency and Receiver General signature panels appear at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10/- THE CURRENCY NOTE ACT 1919 THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND TEN SHILLINGS SIGILLUM PROVIDENTIA C^ETERARUMQUE BAHAMA INSULARVM EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA TEN 10 COLONIAL SECRETARY, COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY. RECEIVER GENERAL, COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY. COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY (Translation: Seal of Providence and other Bahamas Islands. Pirates expelled, commerce restored.) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red, the reverse is dominated by two large interlocking guilloche rosettes at centre bearing the inscription TEN SHILLINGS on a lathe-work band, flanked at left and right by bold numeral-and-solidus denominational counters reading 10/- each set within elaborate scalloped cartouches. A horizontal panel along the lower margin carries the issuer title THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT in serif capitals, the whole design executed in fine engine-turned lathe work. |
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