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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Bahamas Government |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio print on yellow underprint with black serial numbers. At right, a portrait vignette of Queen Elizabeth II facing three-quarters left, wearing the King George IV State Diadem. The face carries ornate guilloche work framing the central text panel, with the issuer title and legal tender clause printed across the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | FIVE POUNDS THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT £5 EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA (Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.) |
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| Variants | P#16a - signature at center: H. R. Latreille signature at right: Basil Burnside P#16b - signature at center: W. H. Sweeting signature at right: Basil Burnside P#16c - signature at center: W. H. Sweeting signature at right: Chas. P. Bethel P#16d - signature at center: W. H. Sweeting signature at right: George W. K. Roberts |
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