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250 Dollars - Elizabeth II Royal Visit
| Issuer | Central Bank of The Bahamas |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Obverse description | The arms of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas occupy the central field, featuring a quartered shield bearing a British galleon on the lower portion and a rising sun above, supported by a blue marlin to the left and a flamingo to the right. Above the shield, a helmet and mantling support a conch shell crest surmounted by a cluster of tropical palm fronds. Below the arms, a scroll bears the national motto rendered in two tiers: FORWARD UPWARD ONWARD TOGETHER. The circular legend COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS arcs along the upper periphery within a beaded border, while the denomination 250 DOLLARS appears in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Queen Elizabeth II visited the Bahamas in 1994 as part of a Caribbean tour, one of several return visits following Bahamian independence in 1973. The .917 fineness — traditional crown gold — places this issue within a long British commonwealth minting convention that the Bahamas has consistently observed for its gold commemoratives, distinguishing them from the fine gold (.999) issues that dominated the market by the 1990s.