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250 Dollars Royal visit
| Issuer | The Bahamas |
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| Year | 1985 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II ROYAL VISIT 1985 |
| Reverse description | The full achievement of the Arms of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas occupies the central field, featuring a shield charged with a British galleon on waves beneath a rising sun, supported on the dexter by a blue marlin and on the sinister by a flamingo, both standing on a grassy mount with conch shells. Above the shield rises a helmet and mantling surmounted by a rising sun as crest. A scroll below the shield bears the national motto. The denomination 250 DOLLARS appears in the lower field, with the legend COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS arcing along the upper periphery, all within a beaded border. |
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The 1985 royal visit commemorated by this issue was Queen Elizabeth II's stop in Nassau as part of a broader Caribbean tour. The Bahamas, having gained independence in 1973, maintained the monarch as head of state, and official visit coinage had by the mid-1980s become a reliable revenue stream for the government's treasury through collector sales rather than circulation.
Struck at .917 fine — the traditional crown gold standard — at a weight placing it squarely in the bullion-significant range, pieces were sold directly to collectors at a premium. Surviving examples rarely show handling marks, having moved from mint packaging to collections without passing through commerce.