Catalogus
| Uitgever | The Bahamas |
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| Jaar | 1967 |
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| Oriëntatie | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a tiara, rendered in the style of the Arnold Machin portrait. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery and BAHAMA ISLANDS along the right, all within a beaded border. |
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| Schrift keerzijde | Latin |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
This coin predates Bahamian independence by six years, struck while the islands remained a British Crown Colony. The 1967 date is politically charged: that January, Lynden Pindling's Progressive Liberal Party won a narrow general election majority, ending decades of white merchant oligarchy control known locally as the "Bay Street Boys." The transitional government commissioned this gold issue as part of a proof set celebrating the new political order, not as a circulating piece.
Mintage was extremely limited. Most examples remain in original proof sets rather than in individual holders.