4 Shillings

€253,961.00
IssuerThe Bahamas
Year1919
TypeStandard banknote
Value4 Shillings (1/5)
CurrencyPound (Before 1966)
CompositionPaper
Size123 × 66 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterCity Press, Bahamas
No. printed
Designer(s)
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In circulation to
Reference(s) P#1
Obverse descriptionGreen print; black serial number.  Decorated border. Flower at left and right corner. Coat of arms of the colony at right.
Reverse descriptionGreen print.  Government building in decorated border.
Signature(s)George Weech, E. R. Pashley,
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Protection description
Obverse letteringS 4 THE CURRENCY NOTE ACT 1919 THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT Hereby promise to pay to the Bearer on demand Four Shillings 4/- EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA Colonial Secretary, Commissioner of Currency. Receiver General, Commisioner of Currency. Commisioner of Currency. CITY PRESS
(Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.)
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Variants
Catalog ID3901214790
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