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100 Dollars Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus
| Issuer | Central Bank of The Bahamas |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Value | 100 Dollars |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | · ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS · SAN SALVADOR FG QUEEN ISABELLA AND COLUMBUS 1987 |
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This issue commemorates the lead-up to the 1992 quincentenary of Columbus's first landfall, which many scholars place at San Salvador — known in the Bahamas as Waitlings Island until it was officially renamed in 1926 to honor the presumed site. The Bahamian government used the approaching anniversary throughout the late 1980s to issue a sustained run of collector gold, this piece among them.
The .900 fineness follows the long-established U.S. gold coin standard, not coincidentally the dominant monetary influence in the Bahamian economy at the time of issue.