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!
20 Dollars
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Bahamas |
|---|---|
| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 20 Dollars (20 BSD) |
| 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 | THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE BAHAMAS THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER UNDER THE CENTRAL BANK OF BAHAMAS ACT 1974 FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT TWENTY DOLLARS Governor Series 2000 $20 SIR MILO B. BUTLER |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Hologram |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The P#65A is part of the series introduced to coincide with the millennium, a deliberate reissuing decision by the Central Bank rather than a response to any monetary pressure. Thomas De La Rue's production for the Bahamas had been a long-running relationship by this point, and the millennium series carried upgraded security — the hologram strip in particular represented a meaningful step up from the thread-only protection of earlier issues in the same family.
The 20-dollar denomination has historically been the workhorse of Bahamian tourist commerce, given the near-parity relationship between the Bahamian dollar and the US dollar fixed since 1966.