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5 Dollars First Manned Moon Landing
| Issuer | The Bahamas |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, engraved by Raphael David Maklouf, depicted wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, with curled hair, drop earrings, and a pearl necklace, the truncation bearing the engraver's initials RDM. The circular legend reads COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS around the upper periphery, with the date 1992 displayed in the lower field. The entire design is framed by an inner beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | At left, a suited Apollo astronaut in full equipment ascends the ladder of the lunar module on the cratered lunar surface, with the date 1969 inscribed to his left. At center and right, a stylized solar system diagram depicts the Sun rendered as a radiant orb with orbiting celestial bodies including a ringed planet above and a smaller planet below, connected by an elliptical orbital path. To the right of the astronaut figure, the commemorative inscription WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND appears in the field. The upper legend reads 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAS, and the denomination 5 DOLLARS is displayed in the lower exergue. The engraver's initials ASH appear at lower left near the lunar surface. A beaded border frames the design. |
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Struck twenty-three years after Apollo 11, this Bahamian commemorative belongs to a wave of silver issues produced by Commonwealth nations in the early 1990s capitalizing on anniversary demand. The Bahamas had no direct connection to the mission — the coins were almost certainly contract-struck for revenue rather than any particular national commemorative purpose, a common arrangement through the Perth or Royal Mint on behalf of smaller sovereignties.