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 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | The Bahamas |
|---|---|
| Year | 1972 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | 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 | Right-facing draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a tiara, rendered in high relief after the Arnold Machin effigy. The circular legend reads COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS around the upper periphery, with ELIZABETH II inscribed along the lower border. The field is plain and the coin is bordered by a beaded rim. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Central device depicting the Santa María, Christopher Columbus's flagship, shown under full sail on stylized waves, rendered in finely detailed relief. A cartouche inscribed SANTA MARIA appears at the base of the design beneath the vessel's hull. The denomination FIFTY DOLLARS arcs along the upper left periphery, flanked by five-pointed stars, with the date 1972 at upper right. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Issued to mark Bahamian independence, which formally took effect on July 10, 1973 — meaning this coin was struck in anticipation of that event, part of a commemorative program launched a year ahead of the transition from British colonial rule. The Bahamas had been a Crown colony since 1718, and this gold issue was deliberately positioned as a prestige piece aimed at collectors rather than circulation, produced in the run-up to what was a hard-won constitutional milestone requiring years of negotiation between the Progressive Liberal Party under Lynden Pindling and the British government.