250 Dollars 250th Anniversary of Parliament

The Bahamian parliament being commemorated here is the House of Assembly, which dates its founding to 1729 — one of the oldest legislative bodies in the Western Hemisphere. Independence from Britain came in 1973, meaning this coin was struck just six years into Bahamian sovereignty, at a moment when the new government was actively constructing a national narrative around institutions that predated independence by two and a half centuries.

KM#83 is part of a broader 1979 Bahamian gold proof set. Mintages for these issues were low, targeted almost entirely at the collector market rather than circulation.