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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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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | Three full-rigged caravels of Christopher Columbus's 1492 fleet depicted in dynamic overlapping composition at the centre of the field, each vessel individually identified by its name inscribed in the field: Niña at upper left, Pinta at centre right, and Santa Maria at lower left. The engraver's initials ASH appear in the lower central field. The curved legend DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination · 10 DOLLARS · is inscribed along the lower border, all within a beaded inner border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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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.