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25 Dollars 500th Anniversary of the Americas
| Issuer | The Bahamas |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Engraver(s) | Raphael David Maklouf |
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| Obverse lettering | · COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS · RDM 1991 |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the quincentenary of Columbus's 1492 landfall, this piece belongs to a wave of commemorative programs across the Caribbean basin timed to the 1992 anniversary. The Bahamas had particular claim to the occasion — San Salvador Island, within Bahamian territory, is among the most credibly identified candidates for Columbus's first New World anchorage, though the precise landing site has been disputed by scholars for over a century.
At 136 grams and 63 mm across, this is a genuinely heavy, large-format silver piece — not a token gesture. Mintage was tightly limited, and the series drew collectors more than it drew circulation.