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| Emittent | The Bank of Nassau |
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| Jahr | 1870 |
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| Währung | Pound (Before 1966) |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Printed in orange on plain paper, the reverse is dominated by a large central rosette guilloche of elaborate lathe-work design, within which the numeral "5" is rendered in ornate calligraphic script. The surrounding guilloche pattern consists of interlocking petal and star motifs radiating outward in concentric layers, leaving the remainder of the note field blank. Perforated cancellation marks are visible at lower left. |
| Rückseitenlegende | 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.