Blue print; yellow and pink underprint; black serial numbers. Bust of Queen Elizabeth II at left, head turned right, wearing George IV State Diadem. Watermark area at right.
Reverse description
Multicolour print. Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) leaping out of the water at centre. People boat fishing in background. Flowers at left, coat of arms of the Bahamas at right.
Signature(s)
Carlton Elisha Francis, George V. E. Higgs, G. W. Smiley Butler, Stafford Lofthouse Sands,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Shellfish
Obverse lettering
THE CURRENCY NOTE ACT 1965
THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT
THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER
FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT
ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS
Minister for Finance Commissioner of Currency
$100
Reverse lettering
THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT
ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS
DEEP SEA FISHING
$100
EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY. LIMITED. (Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.)
