100 Dollars - Elizabeth II

Features

Issuer The Bahamas
Issuing entity Bahamas Government
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1965
Value 100 Dollars
100 BSD = USD 100
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Paper
Size 156 × 67 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
274541
References P# 25
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

Blue print; yellow and pink 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
ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS
Minister for Finance Commissioner of Currency
$100

Reverse

Multicolour print.

Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) leaping out of the water at centre. People boat fishing in background. Flowers at left, coat of arms of the Bahamas at right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT
ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS
DEEP SEA FISHING
$100
EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY. LIMITED.

Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.

Watermark

Shellfish

100 Dollars - Elizabeth II -  obverse

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Signatures

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

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  CEF, GVEH, GWSB CS1 Specimen with corners overprint (de la Rue). Collector series
1965  SLS, GVEH P#25a
1965  CEF, GVEH, GWSB P#25b
1965  SLS, GVEH P#25s Specimen

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