25 Dollars Christopher Columbus discovers the New World

Issued to mark the lead-up to the 1992 quincentenary of Columbus's 1492 landfall, which most scholars now place at San Salvador — known to the Lucayan people as Guanahani — in what is present-day The Bahamas. The Bahamian government leaned heavily into this anniversay across the late 1980s, commissioning multiple commemorative issues as part of a longer numismatic program building toward 1992.

At 136 grams and 63 millimeters, this is a substantial crown-sized piece by any measure, struck in .925 silver for the collector market rather than circulation.

Issued in anticipation of the 1992 quincentenary of Columbus's 1492 landfall, which most scholars place at San Salvador — known to the Lucayan people as Guanahani — in the present-day Bahamas. The Bahamian government commissioned a series of commemoratives across the late 1980s building toward that anniversary, of which this is among the larger and heavier issues in the program.