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10 Shillings - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Bahamas Government |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Currency | Pound (Before 1966) |
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| Obverse lettering | THE CURRENCY NOTE ACT 1936 THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT TEN SHILLINGS 10/- 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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| Protection description | Watermark visible in the central unprinted area of both obverse and reverse |
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The Bahamas Government 10 Shillings of 1953 belongs to the first post-war series issued under Elizabeth II following her accession in 1952 — replacing earlier notes that carried George VI's portrait. De La Rue printed the entire series in London, as they had done for British colonial dependencies across the Caribbean for decades, managing both the engraving and security paper supply through their Bunhill Row operation.
Pick 14 is notably scarcer than the lower denominations of the same series, reflecting the purchasing power of ten shillings in a small island economy where most everyday transactions simply didn't require it.