Purple print; light blue underprint; black serial numbers. Bust of Queen Elizabeth II at left, head turned right, wearing George IV State Diadem. Watermark area at right.
Reverse description
Multicolour print. Two standing women in Straw Market in Nassau, Bahamas. Flowers at left, Bahamas coat of arms of the Bahamas at right.
Signature(s)
Leslie Hammond, Timothy Baswell Donaldson,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Shellfish
Obverse lettering
BAHAMAS MONETARY AUTHORITY
ESTABLISHED BY THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT 1968
THSE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER UNDER
THE BAHAMAS MONETARY AUTHORITY ACT 1968
FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT
FIFTY
CENTS
Chairman Manager
$1/2
Reverse lettering
BAHAMAS MONETARY AUTHORITY
FIFTY
CENTS
STRAW MARKET
$1/2
EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY. LIMITED. (Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.)
