4 Shillings - Elizabeth II

Issuer	Bahamas Government
Year	1953
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Green intaglio print over yellow underprint; black serial numbers. At right, a portrait vignette of Queen Elizabeth II facing three-quarters left, wearing the King George IV State Diadem. The ship seal appears at left, with a blank watermark area at centre. The note bears the authority text of the Currency Note Act 1936 along the upper border.
Obverse lettering	THE CURRENCY NOTE ACT 1936 THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT FOUR SHILLINGS 4/- EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY RECEIVER GENERAL COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON (Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.)
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