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Information:
| Reference | P#21 |
| Country | Bahamas |
| Period | Dollar (1966-date) |
| Currency | Dollars - Elizabeth II |
| Denomination | 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II |
| Type | Circulation banknotes |
| Issuing entity | Bahamas Government |
| Year | 1965 |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Composition | Paper |
| Demonetized | No |
| Size (WxH) | 156x67 mm |
Obverse:
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Obverse textTHE 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
Obverse symbolOrange 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.
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Reverse:
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Latin
Reverse textTHE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT
FIVE
DOLLARS
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
$5
EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA
COLUMBUS
1492
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY. LIMITED.
Reverse symbolMulticolour print.
Government House and statue of Christopher Columbus in Nassau, Bahamas at centre. Flower at left, coat of arms of the Bahamas at right.
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Varieties
| Date | Variety | Iss. | Value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||
| 1965 | Signatures: CEF, GVEH | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1965 | Signatures: CEF, GVEH, GWSB | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1965 | Specimen | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1965 | Specimen with corners overprint (de la Rue). Collector series | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||