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| Issuer | Central Bank of The Bahamas |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Bahamas issued this gold piece as part of a broader series of sport-themed commemoratives produced through the early 1990s, a period when many Caribbean nations aggressively pursued collector markets to offset chronic trade deficits. Golf was a natural choice — by 1994, the islands hosted several PGA Tour-affiliated events and the sport contributed meaningfully to high-end tourism revenue.
The .9999 fineness places it among the purest gold issues of its decade, notably finer than the .900 standard still used by most sovereign gold coinage at the time.