Catalog
10 Shillings - Victoria Blue
| Issuer | Bank of Nassau |
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| Year | 1870 |
| Type | Specimen |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in blue, the reverse is covered with an intricate guilloche lattice underprint of repeating floral and geometric rosette motifs enclosed within a scalloped outer border. At centre, a horizontal oval panel with white lettering on a fine lathe-work background carries the denomination inscription TEN SHILLINGS. |
| Reverse lettering | TEN SHILLINGS |
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The Bank of Nassau was a private institution chartered in the Bahamas, and its note issues from this period occupy a narrow window before the colonial banking landscape consolidated under British-chartered competitors. Charles Skipper & East handled a substantial volume of Caribbean colonial printing in the 1860s and 1870s, and their work for Nassau shows the firm's characteristic attention to intaglio border detail — though the real commercial value of the contract was modest by their standards.
Surviving examples of this series are genuinely rare. The Bahamas carried a small population and low transaction volumes, meaning print runs were limited and few notes survived extended circulation.