Catalog
3 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Bahamas |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | Red print over multicolour guilloche underprint, with a central vignette of sailing boats and a beach scene along the lower margin. The coat of arms of the Bahamas is positioned at lower left, and a windowed security thread bearing the country name and bank logo runs vertically through the note. A see-through registration device appears at upper right. |
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| Protection description | Watermark portrait of Queen Elizabeth II; windowed security thread with country name and bank logo; colour-shifting metallic foil element on obverse. |
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The Bahamian $3 note is one of the few surviving three-dollar denominations still in active circulation anywhere in the world — a curiosity that survives here partly by tradition and partly because the value maps usefully onto local fare pricing. The denomination dates to the 1965 Bahamian dollar introduction and has outlasted far more conventional denominations in neighboring Caribbean states.
Oberthur Fiduciaire's 2019 production updated the security package on an otherwise conservative series. This is Elizabeth II's final series appearance on Bahamian currency before the republic transition; Charles III does not feature on a replacement $3 as of this writing.