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50 Dollars
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Bahamas |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears an intaglio portrait of Sir Roland T. Symonette at right, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint with green and gold tones. At upper centre, the issuer's title 'The Central Bank of The Bahamas' is printed in dark lettering, with the denomination 'Fifty Dollars' in large script at centre; a vignette of a sand dollar appears at upper left alongside a map of the Bahamian archipelago. The Governor's signature and serial number appear at lower left, with 'SERIES 2012' noted beneath. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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The Central Bank of the Bahamas has maintained an unusually stable relationship with De La Rue across its modern note series — this 2012 issue continues a printing arrangement that dates back to the earliest years of the institution, founded in 1974 following independence from Britain. The $50 sits at the high end of routine commercial circulation and consequently turns up used far less frequently than lower denominations; most examples encountered in collector material show light handling at best.
P#75A's security specification is notably modest for a high-denomination note of its period — watermark and thread only, without the foil patches or color-shifting ink that had become common among Caribbean issuers by the early 2010s.