4 Shillings - George V

Issuer The Bahamas
Year 1930
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 4 Shillings (1/5)
Currency Pound (Before 1966)
Composition Paper
Size 151 × 83 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Waterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961)
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Reference(s) P#5
Obverse description Green print; pink underprint; black serial numbers. Front-left facing bust of King George V at right, sailing ship seal at left, palm trees and ship at centre.
Obverse lettering 4/- THE CURRENCY ACT OF 1919 THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND FOUR SHILLINGS EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY, COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY RECEIVER GENERAL, COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON WALL. LONDON, E.C.
(Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.)
Reverse description Green print. British coat of arms at centre. Value in corners.
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.)
Signature(s) Chaster P. Bethel, Stafford Lomax, Walter Kingsbury Moore,
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Numisquare ID 9879860960
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