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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Uitgever | Central Bank of the Bahamas |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1984 |
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| Afmetingen | 156 × 67 mm |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | 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 FIFTY DOLLARS Governor $50 |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Multicolour intaglio and letterpress print on a multicolour guilloche underprint. The Central Bank of the Bahamas building in Nassau occupies the centre as the principal vignette, with the Bahamian coat of arms and the bank logo positioned at right. A swordfish (Xiphias gladius) vignette appears at lower left, and the watermark area is reserved at left. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The 1984 Bahamian $50 sits at an odd intersection of postcolonial currency politics and tourism economics. The Bahamas gained independence in 1973, and the Central Bank — established just months before — spent the following decade building a note series that could project stability to the international banking and offshore finance sector that had already made Nassau its home. The $50 denomination was the workhorse of that effort, large enough to matter to high-value transactions, rarely seen in everyday domestic exchange.
De La Rue's production for this series is competent but unexceptional by the firm's standards. The single security feature — a watermark — reflects the era's modest expectations for Caribbean issue notes rather than any particular cost-cutting decision by the Central Bank.