10 Cents - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait

The Bahamas gained internal self-governance in January 1964, and this issue belongs to the brief transitional window before full independence in 1973 — a period when the colonial coinage framework remained intact but Bahamian authorities were already asserting control over their own economic affairs. The Royal Mint produced these pieces for circulation across an archipelago where coin use was heavily concentrated in Nassau; outer island commerce remained largely barter and credit-based well into this period.