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10 Shillings - George V
| Issuer | Bahamas Government |
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| Year | 1930 |
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| Currency | Pound (Before 1966) |
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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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| Obverse lettering | 10/- THE CURRENCY ACT OF 1919 THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND TEN SHILLINGS EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY, COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY RECEIVER GENERAL, COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON WALL. LONDON, E.C. (Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red on a cream ground, the reverse is dominated by the British Royal Coat of Arms within an elaborate circular vignette at centre, flanked by two pastoral scenes: a market or agricultural gathering with figures and trees at left, and workers harvesting sisal or similar crops at right. The denomination "10/-" appears in ornate cartouches at each corner, with a bold guilloche border framing the entire composition. |
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