Orange print; yellow underprint; black serial numbers. Bust of Queen Elizabeth II at left, head turned right, wearing George IV State Diadem. Watermark area at right.
Reverse description
Multicolour print. Government House and statue of Christopher Columbus in Nassau, Bahamas at centre. Flower at left, coat of arms of the Bahamas at right.
Signature(s)
Carlton Elisha Francis, George V. E. Higgs, G. W. Smiley Butler,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Shellfish
Obverse lettering
THE CURRENCY NOTE ACT 1965
THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT
THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER
FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT
FIVE
DOLLARS
Minister for Finance Commissioner of Currency
$5
Reverse lettering
THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT
FIVE
DOLLARS
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
$5
EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA
COLUMBUS
1492
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY. LIMITED. (Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.)
