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10 Shillings - Victoria Blue
| Issuer | Bank of Nassau |
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| Year | 1870 |
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| Value | 10 Shillings (1/2) |
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| Obverse lettering | TEN THE BANK OF NASSAU Hereby promises to pay the bearer in demand the sum of TEN SHILLINGS Secured by approved Government Securities or coin deposited with the Receiver General and Treasurer Receiver General and Treasurer NASSAU, N.P. 18_ President Cashier |
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| 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.