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4 Shillings - George V
| Issuer | Bahamas Government |
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| Year | 1930 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio print on a pink underprint with black serial numbers. At right, a left-facing portrait vignette of King George V anchors the composition, while the Bahamian colonial seal — bearing a sailing ship and the motto EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA — occupies the left; a central vignette of palm trees with a sailing vessel bridges the two. The entire design is enclosed within an intricate guilloche border with ornate corner medallions. |
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| Reverse lettering | 4/- FOUR SHILLINGS THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT DIEU ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON WALL. LONDON, E.C. (Translation: God and my right. Shamed be whoever thinks ill of it.) |
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The Bahamas Government's pre-decimal currency included a 4 Shilling denomination that had no equivalent anywhere in the British Empire — it existed solely to represent one-fifth of a Bahamian pound, a local accounting convenience rather than any imperial standard. Waterlow & Sons printed the series for several colonial territories during this period, and the Bahamas issues are among the rarer commissions, reflecting the colony's small population and limited note demand.
Pick 5 is genuinely scarce. Surviving examples in any grade are infrequently offered.