Catalog
5 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Bahamas |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE BAHAMAS THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER UNDER THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE BAHAMAS ACT 1974 FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT FIVE DOLLARS Governor $5 |
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| Reverse lettering | THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE BAHAMAS FIVE DOLLARS GOVERNMENT HOUSE $5 COLUMBUS 1942 FORWARD UPWARD, ONWARD TOGETHER THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY. LIMITED. |
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The Central Bank of the Bahamas was only established in 1974, replacing the Bahamas Monetary Authority, and this Pick 37 is among the first issues under that new institutional framework. Thomas De La Rue handled the entire series, as they had for Bahamian currency going back through the colonial period — a relationship that continued well into the 1980s.
T. B. Donaldson served as Governor of the newly formed Central Bank, with W. C. Allen as co-signatory. The 1974 date on these notes marks a genuine institutional transition, not merely a design refresh.