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1 Dollar Christopher Columbus
| Uitgever | Central Bank of the Bahamas |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1992 |
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| Drukker | Canadian Bank Note Company, Canada (1897-date) |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Multicolour print on a multicolour guilloche underprint; three period sailing ships, recalling Columbus's fleet, are depicted at right, while an outline map of the Bahamas archipelago occupies the centre. A group of five American flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber), two Cuban parrots (Amazona leucocephala bahamensis) and a White Cay iguana (Cyclura rileyi cristata) fill the left portion of the design, and the Coat of Arms of the Bahamas appears at lower right. |
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| Beveiligingstype | Watermark, See-through register |
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The 1992 date is the key to this note's existence: it was issued specifically to mark the quincentenary of Columbus's first landfall in the Americas in 1492. The Bahamas has a legitimate claim to that history — San Salvador Island is the most widely accepted candidate for the site of the October 12 landing, though the precise island has never been settled definitively among scholars.
The Canadian Bank Note Company produced this as a commemorative issue alongside the standard circulation series, which means surviving examples vary widely in handling — some were spent without a second thought, others pulled from circulation immediately.