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The Banknotes of North America: The Bahamas

Stretching from the 1870s up to modern times, the banknotes issued by The Bahamas has great variety in the persons and artwork depicted. Below are a couple of examples.


Great Britain colonized the islands in 1718. Full independence from the British Crown was attained in 1973, with Nassau – named in honor of King William III of England – serving as the capital of The Bahamas. As a member of the British Empire, The Bahamas used the Pound monetary system up until 1965, when they converted to the Dollar system.

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  • Steve_in_TampaSteve_in_Tampa Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for sharing.
    I have an old Bahamas 4 Shilling note.


  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,540 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mbwizkid I literally found one of those in a coin shop about 20 years ago and paid a $1 for it, it graded EF-AU and I foolishly sold it on eBay for a lot more - but now it is worth a lot more than what I sold it for. I wisht I had kept it as I sort of like the denomination of a double florin.

    In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21
  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,516 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 11, 2020 10:04PM

    OOOps,,,,, posted to wrong thread :|

    GrandAm :)
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