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| Issuer | Central Bank of the Bahamas |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | Rendered in multicolour over a multicolour guilloche underprint, the reverse centres on a vignette of the Elbow Reef Lighthouse at Hope Town, Abaco Island, with the coat of arms of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas positioned at bottom centre. |
| Reverse lettering | The Central Bank of The Bahamas Ten Dollars HOPE TOWN, ABACO $10 FORWARD UPWARD ONWARD TOGETHER DE LA RUE |
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| Comments |
The P#73A belongs to a redesigned family introduced in 2009 that moved the Bahamian series toward more layered anti-counterfeiting architecture — the holographic strip in particular represented an upgrade from the simpler thread-only security of earlier issues. Thomas De La Rue had printed Bahamian notes for decades by this point, and the relationship shows in the consistent execution across denominations.
The "A" suffix on the Pick number indicates a variant within the 2009 type, most likely a signature change reflecting a new Governor or Minister of Finance — worth confirming against the specific signature combination on any given example.