Catalog
100 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Bahamas |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE BAHAMAS THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER UNDER THE CENTRAL BANK OF BAHAMAS ACT 1974 FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS Governor $100 |
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| Reverse lettering | THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE BAHAMAS BLUE MARLIN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS $100 FORWARD UPWARD ONWARD TOGETHER THOMAS DE LA RUE AND COMPANY LIMITED |
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The P#49 is the highest denomination in the Bahamas' 1974-series signature range and was never intended for everyday commerce — at 1984 face value, a single note represented roughly a week's wages for many Bahamians. Actual circulation was minimal; the notes functioned primarily as interbank instruments and for large-scale tourism transactions in Nassau and Freeport.
De La Rue's production of this series coincided with the Bahamas' ongoing effort to project monetary credibility in a dollar-pegged economy heavily dependent on offshore banking confidence. The 1:1 peg to the US dollar, maintained since independence in 1973, made the $100 denomination particularly sensitive to questions of counterfeiting — the lone watermark as primary security now looks thin by the standards even of that decade.