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5 Dollars Third Millennium
| Issuer | The Bahamas |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem, a pearl necklace, and drop earrings, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The portrait is of the mature Raphael Maklouf type, with detailed hair dressed in an elaborate upswept style. The encircling legend reads 'ELIZABETH II · THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS' with the date '1996' placed in the lower exergue, flanked by two dots. |
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| Obverse lettering | · ELIZABETH II - THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS · 1996 |
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Issued as part of a wave of commemorative gold coinage struck across Commonwealth Caribbean nations in the mid-1990s, this piece anticipates the turn of the millennium four years before it arrived — a marketing window that several mints exploited aggressively throughout the decade. The Royal Mint struck this piece on behalf of the Bahamas.