2 Dollars 2000 Years of Christianity

Issued to mark the bimillennial of Christianity, this coin belongs to a wave of commemorative silver released by Commonwealth and island nations in 2000 — many of which were struck at the Royal Mint or the Pobjoy Mint on contract, with the issuing country's connection to the occasion largely nominal. The Bahamas, a majority Protestant nation shaped heavily by British missionary activity during the colonial period, had legitimate cultural grounds for the issue, even if the impetus was partly commercial.