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100 Dollars Cetacea-Humpback Whale
| Issuer | Central Bank of The Bahamas |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#185, Schön#167 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, after the portrait by engraver Raphael David Maklouf, depicted wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara with earring and necklace visible. The truncated draped bust is rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The circular legend 'COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS' runs along the upper periphery, with the date '1995' appearing in the lower field below the bust. A continuous beaded border frames the entire design. |
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| Reverse lettering | WHALES OF THE WORLD · The Humpback Whale 100 DOLLARS |
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The 1995 Bahamian Cetacea series was part of a broader wave of large-format silver kilo issues produced in the mid-1990s, when Caribbean and Pacific island nations aggressively entered the collector coin market through agreements with private minting intermediaries. The humpback whale issue coincided with heightened international attention to cetacean conservation following the IWC's 1986 commercial whaling moratorium, which was still being actively contested by Japan and Norway at the time of striking.
Relatively few kilo silver issues from this era were released in quantities above 2,000 pieces, and Bahamian issues of this size typically saw even more restricted distribution through specialty dealers.