Catalog
10 Dollars Aerial view
| Issuer | Central Bank of The Bahamas |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Weight | 31.10 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a vivid full-color aerial satellite photograph applied to the coin's field, depicting the islands and shallow turquoise waters of the Bahamian archipelago as seen from above, with the distinctive pale blue shallows of the Great Bahama Bank contrasting against the deep indigo of surrounding oceanic waters and the warm tones of exposed landmasses. The denomination legend 10 DOLLARS is inscribed in raised capital letters arcing along the upper border within a recessed rectangular cartouche, providing a crisp silver contrast to the colorized field below. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Bahamas issued this piece as part of a broader push by Caribbean central banks in the 2010s to capitalize on the collector bullion market, a revenue stream that had become increasingly important to small-island issuers whose domestic circulation coinage generated little seigniorage. KM#226 is a one-troy-ounce .999 fine silver issue — structurally identical in specification to dozens of contemporary sovereign bullion rounds, distinguishing itself primarily by its issuing authority rather than any minting innovation.
The Central Bank of the Bahamas has legal authority to issue commemorative coinage under the Central Bank of The Bahamas Act, though distribution for issues like this typically ran through third-party numismatic wholesalers rather than domestic banking channels.