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4 Shillings
| Emittent | Bank of Nassau |
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| Jahr | 1906-1917 |
| Typ | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Green letterpress print with blue serial numbers. A portrait bust of a man faces right at the right side of the note, with the Bahamas colonial seal — bearing the motto EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA — positioned at the left. The text of the promise to pay, issuer name, and denomination are arranged in multiple registers across the face of the note. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | FOUR SHILLINGS Secured by approved Government Securities or coin deposited with the Receiver General and Treasurer Receiver General & Treasurer THE BANK OF NASSAU HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER IN DEMAND THE SUM OF FOUR SHILLINGS NASSAU N.P. President Cashier BAHAMAS EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA 4/- Charles Skipper & East. (Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.) |
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The Bank of Nassau was the colonial currency authority for the Bahamas, and this denomination — 4 shillings — reflects the awkward arithmetic of pre-decimal sterling in a small island economy where fractional values genuinely mattered for everyday trade. The long issue window of over a decade suggests these were printed in batches as needed rather than in a single run, though the plate design itself remained unchanged throughout.
Charles Skipper & East handled a substantial portion of British colonial note printing during this period, working largely in the shadow of more prominent firms like Bradbury Wilkinson and Perkins Bacon.