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25 Cents - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | The Bahamas |
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| Year | 1966-1970 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Bahamas gained internal self-government in January 1964, but full independence didn't come until 1973, leaving this issue in an awkward transitional period — British Crown Colony in law, increasingly Bahamian in practice. The coinage was introduced in 1966 as part of a new decimal series designed to replace the old sterling-based currency ahead of anticipated independence negotiations.
Struck at the Royal Mint, these pieces saw genuine circulation during years of significant political tension, as the Progressive Liberal Party under Lynden Pindling consolidated power following the 1967 election — the first won by a Black-majority government in Bahamian history.