10 Dollars - Elizabeth II

Features

Issuer	The Bahamas
Issuing entity	Bahamas Government
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1965
Value	10 Dollars 10 BSD = USD 10
Currency	Dollar (1966-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	156 × 67 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 274534
References	P# 22 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , TBB# 121 Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).

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Series: 1965 Currency Note Act

Obverse

Dark 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
TEN
DOLLARS
Minister for Finance Commissioner of Currency
$10

Reverse

Multicolour print.

American flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) standing in water at centre, trees in background. Flowers at left, coat of arms of the Bahamas at right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT
TEN
DOLLARS
FLAMINGOES
$10
EXPULSIS PIRATIS RESTITUTA COMMERCIA
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY. LIMITED.

Translation: Pirates expelled, commerce restored.

Watermark

Shellfish

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	References
Undetermined
1965	SLS, GVEH	P# 22a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Prefix: A
1965	CEF, GVEH, GWSB	P# 22b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Prefix: B
1965		P# 22s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen
1965		P# CS1 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen with corners overprint (de la Rue). Collector series

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 153 Lot 2039	22 Mar 2025	1965 SLS, GVEH – P# 22a – Prefix: A	VF	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 193 Lot 430	5 May 2026	Undetermined	VF	USD 243.01 (EUR 210.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 185 Lot 631	24 Feb 2026	Undetermined	VF	USD 231.44 (EUR 200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 176 Lot 2358	18 Nov 2025	Undetermined	VF	USD 260.37 (EUR 225.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 164 Lot 2836	1 Aug 2025	Undetermined	VF	USD 173.58 (EUR 150.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 147 Lot 2403	17 Dec 2024	Undetermined	VF	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 137 Lot 3736	11 Sep 2024	Undetermined	VF	USD 289.30 (EUR 250.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 127 Lot 2387	1 Jun 2024	Undetermined	VF	USD 216.40 (EUR 187.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 118 Lot 2216	23 Mar 2024	Undetermined	VF	USD 183.99 (EUR 159.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 193 Lot 431	5 May 2026	Undetermined		USD 371.46 (EUR 321.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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