Bahamas 1-CENT (KM59a)¶
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Reverse STARFISH
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Obverse Coat of Arms
- Composition
- Copper Plated Zinc
- 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.) Starting in 1985 the coins were changed from Brass to Copper-plated Zinc.
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).
