Bahamian Money

Take a look at our beautiful Bahamian currency.



Money and Currency in The Bahamas
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New Bahamian 5$ Note

Orange, brown, and blue in colour, the note measures 156 mm long and 67 mm wide, bearing on the front an elliptical border design surrounding a portrait of Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield, along with the series, a signature of the Governor of the Central Bank of The Bahamas together with the words “The Central Bank of The Bahamas. These notes are legal tender under the Central Bank of The Bahamas Act 2000 for the payment of any amount Five Dollars.

A watermark of Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield and the numeral 5 appear on the left and a map of The Bahamas in the centre. The back carries a picture depicting junkanooers. The picture is surrounded by various images, which include rainbow-arcs flanked by the numeral $5 and the words “Five Dollars” above, the words “The Central Bank of The Bahamas”, and on the bottom centre, the coat-of-arms of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

More information can be found in our Explanatory Leaflet here (PDF)

Courtesy of The Central Bank Of The Bahamas

Money and Currency in the Bahamas

The Bahamas' unit of currency is the Bahamian dollar ($B) which is based on the U.S. dollar. One Bahamian dollar equals 100 Bahamian cents (pennies).

As the Bahamian and U.S. dollars are equivalent (1 $B = 1 $US), residents or visitors may spend either Bahamian or U.S. dollars in the Bahamas, though outside the Bahamas, Bahamian money is not to valuable (trading at times at nearly half its face value), except as a popular collector item, so make sure to get rid of all your Bahamian dollars before you leave.

Security features on Bahamas notes include:

* Watermark of the Spanish Galleon: All Banknotes
* Security threads: All Banknotes
* See-through feature of the Sand dollar: All Banknotes
* Hologram: Bahamas $100 banknotes only
* Series: All banknotes (except B$3 banknotes)
* Foil: $10, $20, $50 100%
* cotton banknote paper: All banknotes
* Security fibres fluorescent green or yellow: All banknotes
* Latent image: All banknotes (except B$3 banknotes)

Bahamian dollar banknotes are printed by De la Rue, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, while coins are minted by the Royal Canadian Mint, which is located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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