5 Pounds

Obverse description	Printed in black with a light-red underprint; blue serial numbers appear on the face, with a red seal positioned at the upper left. The note carries extensive letterpress text setting out the legal terms of issue, including treasury receivability and interest provisions, arranged across the surface in a format typical of mid-nineteenth-century colonial government obligations. The overall layout reflects the functional, document-style design conventions of Major & Knapp production from this period.
Obverse lettering	Bahamas Government Receivable in payment of Revenue or in purchase of Debentures at the Public Treasury Nassau, New Providence and bearing legal Interest from the date here of FIVE Pound Sterling £ FIVE TREASURER PUBLIC TREASURY BAHAMAS By order of the Governor Colonial Secretary
Reverse description	Plain unprinted paper reverse with a pale, aged yellowish tone consistent with the cotton paper stock of the period. Contemporary manuscript notations in ink are written diagonally across the right-hand portion of the reverse, likely recording interest or treasury transactions related to this note; such endorsements are characteristic of colonial government debenture-style issues in active circulation.
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