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5 Shillings - Victoria
| Issuer | The Bank of Nassau |
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| Year | 1870 |
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| Reference(s) | P#A1 |
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| Obverse lettering | THE BANK OF NASSAU Hereby promises to pay to bearer on demand the sum of FIVE SHILLINGS Nassau N.P. ___ 18___ Secured by approved Government Securities or coin deposited with the Receiver General & Treasurer FIVE SHILLINGS Receiver General & Treasurer President Cashier |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 |
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The Bank of Nassau was a short-lived institution operating in the Bahamas under a royal charter, and this 5 Shillings note from 1870 is among the earliest pieces of documented Bahamian colonial paper money. Charles Skipper & East were a reliable mid-tier London security printer of the period, producing colonial notes for numerous British territories when the larger firms like Perkins Bacon were occupied elsewhere.
The P#A1 designation signals this is the first catalogued issue for the bank — and likely one of very few surviving examples, given the tiny circulation requirements of a small island colony and the near-total absence of these notes from the auction record.