Bahamas 50-CENTS (KM7)¶
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Reverse BLUE MARLIN
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Obverse Queen Elizabeth II
- Composition
- 0.800 Silver
- Country
- Bahamas
- Approx. Size
- 29mm
- Area
- Caribbean
- Animal Class
- Fish
- Species
- Blue Marlin
- KM#
- 7
The Blue Marlin is a very big fish at 3 to 4.6m in length and up 360kg or more. That's big. They are also among the fastest fish in the ocean. The Bahamian Blue Marlin coin was first issued in 1966. In 1971 the obverse design was changed slightly (KM#21) and in 1974 the composition was changed to copper-nickel while the date was moved to the obverse with the coat of arms instead of Queen Elizabeth (KM#64).
Bahamas¶
- Area
- Caribbean
The Bahamas is made up of thousands of islands and big rocks in the Atlantic Ocean. Columbus passed by in 1492, but Spain didn't seem to care. The British moved in during the 1620s, but after almost 100 years of bad internal management, the islands became a British Crown Colony. The Bahamians achieved self-government in 1964, started making their own coins two years later, and achieved full independance in 1973. The monarch of the United Kingdom is Head of State, and is represented in the Bahamas by a governer-general (just like Canada).
