Bahamas 1-CENT (KM59)¶
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Reverse STARFISH
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Obverse Coat of Arms
- Composition
- Brass
- Country
- Bahamas
- Approx. Size
- 19mm
- Area
- Caribbean
- Animal Class
- Echinoderms
- Species
- Starfish
- KM#
- 59
The Starfish has appeared on the Bahamian 1-cent coin from the beginning of the Bahama's own coinage in 1966. (Before then, Bahamians used the coins of Great Britain.) For this type (KM#59), the date was moved to the obverse and the Queen was replaced with the Bahamian Coat of Arms. KM#59 was issued from 1974 to 1985.
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).
