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4 Shillings
| Issuer | Bahamas Government |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 4 Shillings (1/5) |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress print on white paper with a decorative guilloche border framing the entire note. Floral vignettes appear at the left and right corners, with the colonial coat of arms of the Bahamas positioned at the right. The denomination, statutory title, and promise-to-pay text are printed in black, with the serial number in black ink. |
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| Obverse lettering | S 4 THE CURRENCY NOTE ACT 1919 THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT Hereby promise to pay to the Bearer on demand Four Shillings 4/- EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA Colonial Secretary, Commissioner of Currency. Receiver General, Commisioner of Currency. Commisioner of Currency. CITY PRESS (Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse presents a central architectural vignette of a classical government building rendered in fine line engraving, set within a decorative rectangular border of repeating scroll and foliate ornaments. |
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