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100 Dollars Third Anniversary of Independence
| Issuer | Central Bank of The Bahamas |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Value | 100 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS FORWARD UPWARD ONWARD TOGETHER 1976 |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark three years of Bahamian independence from Britain, declared on July 10, 1973, this gold piece was struck while the country was still navigating the economic and political adjustments of early sovereignty — tourism-dependent, dollar-pegged, and operating a central bank less than a decade old. The .500 fineness is notably low for a commemorative gold issue of this period, a deliberate cost management decision that kept the coin accessible without abandoning the prestige of a gold denomination.