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20 Dollars Independence
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Bahamas |
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| Year | 1973 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS · INDEPENDENCE Elizabeth II · 1973 · |
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| Reverse lettering | 1973 TWENTY DOLLARS |
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Issued to mark Bahamian independence on July 10, 1973, when the islands separated from British colonial administration after more than 250 years. The .585 fineness — 14 karat — was an unusual choice for a commemorative gold issue of this period, when most sovereign mints were producing at .900 or .916. It kept the piece affordable for a newly independent nation with limited foreign reserves building a prestige coinage program essentially from scratch.