Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 Cents - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Bahamas Monetary Authority |
|---|---|
| Year | 1968 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 50 Cents |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | BAHAMAS MONETARY AUTHORITY ESTABLISHED BY THE BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT 1968 THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER UNDER THE BAHAMAS MONETARY AUTHORITY ACT 1968 FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT FIFTY CENTS Chairman Manager $1/2 |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Shellfish |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The Bahamas Monetary Authority was itself a transitional institution — established in 1968 specifically to manage currency during the interlude between the dissolution of the Board of Commissioners of Currency and the creation of the Central Bank of Bahamas, which didn't arrive until 1974. This note is a product of that brief administrative gap.
De La Rue's 1968 Bahamian series introduced a horizontal format across denominations, a deliberate break from the earlier portrait-oriented designs. The 50 Cents specifically had a short effective life; once the Central Bank series arrived, lower-denomination paper fractionals fell out of favor quickly as coin use expanded.