Catalog
100 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Bahamas |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Reverse lettering | THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE BAHAMAS BLUE MARLIN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS $100 FORWARD UPWARD ONWARD TOGETHER DE LA RUE |
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| Protection description | Watermark visible in the blank area at right on obverse and left on reverse; security thread embedded vertically with country name inscription; hologram strip at lower right of obverse with repeated '100' motif |
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The P#67 is the highest denomination in the Bahamian series revised for the new millennium, and at that level it functioned almost entirely outside everyday retail circulation — the $100 was primarily a vehicle for interbank settlement and tourism-related cash transfers in a country where foreign exchange dependency was, and remains, structural. De La Rue printed the series under contract, as they had for the Bahamas since independence, maintaining plate continuity across successive issues.
The hologram strip added for this date represents the security upgrade that distinguished the 2000 revision from the 1996 predecessor series. High-denomination survivals in used condition are uncommon precisely because so few entered ordinary hand-to-hand use.