Issued to mark a decade of Bahamian independence from Britain, which came on July 10, 1973 after a relatively smooth constitutional transition under Prime Minister Lynden Pindling. At over 407 grams of .917 gold, this is among the largest gold coins ever produced by a Caribbean nation — the physical scale was a deliberate political statement about the new state's ambitions, not merely a collector's novelty.
The Central Bank of the Bahamas had only been established in 1974, just one year after independence. This coin, issued nine years later, was one of the most ambitious numismatic undertakings it had yet authorized.
Issued to mark a decade of Bahamian independence from Britain, which came on July 10, 1973 after a relatively smooth constitutional transition under Prime Minister Lynden Pindling. At over 407 grams of .917 gold, this is among the largest gold coins ever produced by a Caribbean nation — the physical scale was a deliberate political statement about the new state's ambitions, not merely a collector's novelty.
The Central Bank of the Bahamas had only been established in 1974, just one year after independence. This coin, issued nine years later, was one of the most ambitious numismatic undertakings it had yet authorized.