Front (Image: Queen Elizabeth II)
Description: This coin (no longer minted) is interesting because of its four-sided shape and 15-cent value. The Bahamas, like the US, also has 1-cent, 5-cent, 10-cent and 25-cent pieces. The Bahamas were a colony of Great Britain but were granted internal self-government in 1964 and complete independence in 1973. The islands are still a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, and the first full set of Bahamian coinage was minted in 1966. Coins of the Bahamas portray island motifs, with the 15-cent piece showing a hibiscus flower on one side and Queen Elizabeth II on the other. All other coins at that time depicted the Bahamian coat-of-arms. Today, the 15-cent piece also shows the coat-of-arms.
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