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10 Dollars Discovery of the New World
| Issuer | Central Bank of The Bahamas |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD · Niña · · Pinta · · Santa Maria · ASH · · 10 DOLLARS · |
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The 1992 date places this squarely within the quincentennial commemoration of Columbus's 1492 landfall, widely believed to have occurred at San Salvador — an island within the Bahamas archipelago itself. The Bahamian government had particular cause to mark the occasion: the islands are among the most credible candidates for Columbus's first recorded landfall in the western hemisphere, making this a rare case where a commemorative issuer has genuine geographic standing in the event being commemorated.