Catalog
| Issuer | The Bahamas |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 10 Shillings (1/2) |
| Currency | Pound (Before 1966) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 182 × 78 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Canadian Bank Note Company, Canada (1897-date) |
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| Reference(s) | P#3 |
| Obverse description | Black print; red and yellow underprint; red serial numbers. Donkey cart at left. Ship seal at centre. Bushes at right. |
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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 | Red print. Value in rosette at left and right. |
| Reverse lettering | TEN SHILLINGS THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT 10/- |
| Signature(s) | H. E. W. Grant, Percy William Duncombe Armbrister, George Weech, Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns, Walter Kingsbury Moore, |
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| Numisquare ID | 7065884840 |
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