5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Green

Features

Issuer The Bahamas
Issuing entity Bahamas Government
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1965
Value 5 Dollars
5 BSD = USD 5.00
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Paper
Size 156 × 67 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
274531
References P# 20
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Series: 1965 Currency Note Act

Obverse

Green print; yellow underprint; black serial numbers.

Bust of Queen Elizabeth II at left, head turned right, wearing George IV State Diadem. Watermark area at right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THE CURRENCY NOTE ACT 1965
THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT
THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER
FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT
FIVE
DOLLARS
Minister for Finance Commissioner of Currency
$5

Reverse

Multicolour print.

Government House and statue of Christopher Columbus in Nassau, Bahamas at centre. Flower at left, coat of arms of the Bahamas at right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT
FIVE
DOLLARS
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
$5
EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA
COLUMBUS
1492
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY. LIMITED.

Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.

Watermark

Shellfish

5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green) -  obverse

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Signatures

Stafford Lofthouse Sands (SLS) Minister for Finance
George V. E. Higgs (GVEH) Commissioner of Currency
Carlton Elisha Francis (CEF) Minister for Finance
G. W. Smiley Butler (GWSB) Commissioner of Currency

Printer

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)

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Date Signatures VG F VF XF AU UNC
1965  CS1 Specimen with corners overprint (de la Rue). Collector series
1965  SLS, GVEH P#20a
1965  CEF, GVEH, GWSB P#20b
1965  P#20s Specimen

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)
Katz
Auction 102
Lot 2566
Internet Archive
28 Nov 2023 Undetermined VF USD 67.96
(EUR 63.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)
Katz
Auction 91
Lot 1067
Internet Archive
8 Aug 2023 Undetermined VF USD 59.33
(EUR 55.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)
Katz
Auction 76
Lot 2392
Internet Archive
28 Jan 2023 Undetermined VF USD 153.19
(EUR 142.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)
Katz
Auction 76
Lot 2393
Internet Archive
28 Jan 2023 Undetermined VF USD 50.70
(EUR 47.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)
Katz
Auction 76
Lot 2394
Internet Archive
28 Jan 2023 Undetermined VF USD 81.99
(EUR 76.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)
Katz
Auction 64
Lot 3009
Internet Archive
17 Aug 2022 Undetermined VF USD 117.59
(EUR 109.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)
Katz
Auction 64
Lot 3010
Internet Archive
17 Aug 2022 Undetermined VF USD 128.38
(EUR 119.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)
Katz
Auction 62
Lot 1657
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2022 Undetermined VF USD 157.51
(EUR 146.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (Green)
Katz
Jubilee Auction 60
Lot 617
Internet Archive
14 May 2022 Undetermined VF USD 92.78
(EUR 86.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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