v23_2146 - BAHAMAS - ELISABETH II 100 dollars or 1973-1975 Monnaie de Paris

BAHAMAS - ELISABETH II 100 dollars or 1973-1975 Monnaie de Paris MS

MONNAIES 23 (2004)
Starting price : 90.00 €
Estimate : 135.00 €
Realised price : 90.00 €

Type : 100 dollars or

Date: 1973-1975

Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 916,67 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 5,42 g.

Edge : cannelée

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire légèrement frotté avec un chiffon doux ce qui a provoqué quelques “hair lines” dans les champs. Les listels sont encore coupants et le flan miroir

Catalogue references :

WGC.73 - F.20

Obverse

Obverse legend : COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS. INDEPENDANCE/ .1973. / ELIZABETH II.

Obverse description : Buste couronné d'Élisabeth II à droite.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS/ 1975 (CORNE D'ABONDANCE).

Reverse description : Quatre flamants roses.

Reverse translation : (100 dollars).

Commentary

Dans son écrin marron.

Historical background

BAHAMAS - ELISABETH II

The seizure of power in 1967 by the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), led by blacks, put an end to white domination and paved the way for independence. On July 10, 1973, the Bahamas officially became an independent state, the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, after 325 years of British rule. The PLP tries to institute reforms. But these scare away foreigners and falter the economy. Implicated in international drug trafficking, the party leadership is accused of corruption. After the cessation of this traffic thanks to the aid of the United States in the 1980s and the election in 1992 of a liberal government, the Bahamas began to recover.