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4 Shillings - George V
| Issuer | Bahamas Government |
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| Year | 1930 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 4/- THE CURRENCY ACT OF 1919 THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND FOUR SHILLINGS EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY, COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY RECEIVER GENERAL, COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON WALL. LONDON, E.C. (Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse centres on a large vignette of the British Royal coat of arms set within an ornate circular guilloche frame, flanked by two pastoral scenes — a harvesting scene at left and a tropical field landscape at right. The denomination "4/-" appears in elaborate guilloche cartouches at all four corners, with "THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT" inscribed in a bold banner along the lower margin. |
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The Bahamas Government's pre-decimal currency included a 4 Shilling denomination that had no equivalent anywhere in the British Empire — it existed solely to represent one-fifth of a Bahamian pound, a local accounting convenience rather than any imperial standard. Waterlow & Sons printed the series for several colonial territories during this period, and the Bahamas issues are among the rarer commissions, reflecting the colony's small population and limited note demand.
Pick 5 is genuinely scarce. Surviving examples in any grade are infrequently offered.