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5 Pounds - George VI
| Issuer | Bahamas Government |
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| Year | 1936 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | £5 THE CURRENCY NOTE ACT 1936 THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT FIVE POUNDS EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY RECEIVER GENERAL, COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY. LIMITED. LONDON. (Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.) |
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| Reverse lettering | FIVE POUNDS THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT DIEU ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE £5 (Translation: God and my right. Shamed be whoever thinks ill of it.) |
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| Variants | P#12a(1) - signature title at left: Colonial Secretary Commissioner of Currency signatures: D. G: Stewart / H. R. Latreille / W. K. Moore P#12a(2) - signature title at left: Colonial Secretary Commissioner of Currency signatures: D. G. Stewart / H. R. Latreille / Basil Burnside P#12b - signature title at left: Commissioner of Currency |
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