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5 Pounds - George VI
| Issuer | Bahamas Government |
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| Year | 1936 |
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| Size | 153 × 84 mm |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio print over a yellow underprint, with red serial numbers. A front-facing portrait vignette of King George VI occupies the right portion of the note, while a ship seal appears at left and a central guilloche area accommodates the watermark. The note's authority inscriptions and statutory text are arranged across the face in letterpress. |
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| Signature(s) | signature title at left: Colonial Secretary Commissioner of Currency - D. G: Stewart / H. R. Latreille / W. K. Moore signature title at left: Colonial Secretary Commissioner of Currency - D. G. Stewart / H. R. Latreille / Basil Burnside |
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The Bahamas Government issued currency directly rather than through a commercial bank — an arrangement that kept monetary control firmly in the hands of the colonial administration. This 5 Pounds note (Pick 12) was issued under George VI but carries a 1936 date, meaning the plates were prepared under Edward VIII's reign; the abdication in December of that year rendered the original design politically obsolete before printing was complete.
Three signature combinations are documented for the series, all pairing the Colonial Secretary against the Commissioner of Currency. Burnside replaced Moore as one of the signing officials, making the Moore-signed variant the earlier of the two circulating types.