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4 Shillings
| Issuer | Bahamas Government |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on a green guilloche underprint, with red serial number bearing prefix A or no prefix. A donkey cart vignette occupies the left portion, flanked at centre by the colonial ship seal and at right by a bush vignette. The text panel carries the statutory promise to pay and dual commissioner signature lines. |
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| Obverse lettering | 4/- THE CURRENCY NOTE ACT 1919 THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND FOUR SHILLINGS SIGILLUM PROVIDENTIA C^ETERARUMQUE BAHAMA INSULARVM EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA FOUR 4 COLONIAL SECRETARY, COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY. RECEIVER GENERAL, COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY. COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY (Translation: Seal of Providence and other Bahamas Islands. Pirates expelled, commerce restored.) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse is dominated by a central oval guilloche rosette bearing the denomination "FOUR SHILLINGS" in bold lettering, flanked symmetrically left and right by large numeral "4/-" cartouches set within elaborate lathe-work borders. Intricate engine-turned ornamental scrollwork fills the surrounding field, with "THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT" inscribed in a plain panel along the lower margin. |
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