Blue print; yellow underprint; black serial numbers. Bust of Queen Elizabeth II, facing front-left, wearing King George IV State Diadem at right.
Reverse description
Blue print. Ship seal at left, value at right
Signature(s)
George V. E. Higgs, H. R. Latreille, Basil Burnside, William Hart Sweeting, Chaster P. Bethel, George William Kelly Roberts,
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
THE CURRENCY NOTE ACT 1936
THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT
THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT
FIVE
POUNDS
£5
COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY
RECEIVER GENERAL COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY
COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON
Reverse lettering
FIVE POUNDS
THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT
£5
EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA (Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.)
