1 Pound - George V

1 Pound - George V - obverse

Obverse © Spink and Son

Features

Issuer The Bahamas
Issuing entity Bahamas Government
King George V (1910-1936)
Type Trial banknote
Year 1919
Value 1 Pound
Currency Pound (Before 1966)
Composition Paper
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
295228

Obverse

Black print; red serial numbers.

Left-facing bust of George V looking forward at right, palm trees and sailing ship at centre.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THE CURRENCY NOTE ACT 1919
THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT
HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND
ONE POUND
COLONIAL SECRETARY COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY
RECEIVER GENERAL COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY
COMMISSIONER OF CURRENCY
₤1

Reverse

Blank.

Signatures

Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns (ACMB) Colonial Secretary Commissioner of Currency
Percy William Duncombe Armbrister (PWDA) Receiver General Commissioner of Currency
Walter Kingsbury Moore (WKM) Commissioner of Currency

Printer

Waterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961)

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Date Signatures VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1919)  ACMB, PWDA, WKM

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