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100 Dollars 10th Anniversary of Independence
| Issuer | The Bahamas |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central motif presents a uniformed bust of Prince Charles in left-facing profile, set within an oval cartouche and framed by two large unfurled Bahamian national flags extending across the field. The denomination 100 DOLLARS is inscribed in two lines at the base of the design. The commemorative legend TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE arcs around the upper periphery, with raised dot stops flanking the denomination at the lower border, all enclosed within a beaded inner circle. |
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The Bahamas gained independence from Britain on July 10, 1973, making this 1983 issue a decade-mark for a nation that had been a Crown Colony since 1718. The transition was notably smooth by regional standards — no armed conflict, no constitutional crisis — negotiated largely under Prime Minister Lynden Pindling, who had come to power in 1967 when the Progressive Liberal Party ended two centuries of white minority political dominance.
The .900 fine gold specification places this squarely in line with the Franklin Mint-era Commonwealth commemorative issues, which dominated the Bahamian numismatic program throughout the 1970s and early 1980s.