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10 Shillings - George V
| Issuer | Bahamas Government |
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| Year | 1930 |
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| Printer | Waterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961) |
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| Obverse description | Red intaglio print on a yellow guilloche underprint with black serial numbers. A left-facing portrait of King George V occupies the right portion of the note, while the colonial seal with a sailing ship is positioned at left; palm trees and a ship vignette appear at centre. The promise-to-pay text is rendered in letterpress above and below the central design elements. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10/- TEN SHILLINGS THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT DIEU ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON WALL. LONDON, E.C. (Translation: God and my right. Shamed be whoever thinks ill of it.) |
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The Bahamas Government 10 Shillings of 1930 belongs to a series that replaced earlier Colonial Bank notes, issued directly by the colonial administration rather than through any banking intermediary. Waterlow & Sons produced the plates to a high standard — the firm was at this period among the most technically capable security printers in the world, handling contracts across the British colonial network simultaneously.
Pick 6 is genuinely scarce. The Bahamas carried a small population and a correspondingly limited note circulation throughout the interwar years, meaning original print runs were modest and surviving examples in any condition are rarely offered.