Dark brown print; yellow and light green 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. People in horse-drawn surrey at centre right, tree at centre. Flowers at left, coat of arms of the Bahamas at right.
Signature(s)
Stafford Lofthouse Sands, George V. E. Higgs, Carlton Elisha Francis, G. W. Smiley Butler,
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
TWENTY
DOLLARS
Minister for Finance Commissioner of Currency
$20
Reverse lettering
THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT
TWENTY
DOLLARS
SURREY
$20
EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY. LIMITED. (Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.)
