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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II

Issuer Central Bank of The Bahamas
Year 1967
Type Non-circulating coin
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This coin predates Bahamian independence by six years, issued while the islands remained a British Crown Colony under a newly formed Central Bank — itself a product of the political groundwork being laid for full sovereignty. The $50 denomination was enormous by any domestic measure; these were never intended for circulation and were produced explicitly as collector and presentation pieces ahead of the independence negotiations that would conclude in 1973.

The 1967 issue is tied directly to the Progressive Liberal Party's landslide electoral victory that January, the first time Black Bahamians held a parliamentary majority.

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