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Bahamian dollar

Dates in use
Still in use; introduction date not established here
Currency code
BSD
Ancestry branch
Sterling

Its place in the family

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Bahamian dollar: documented and qualified family connections PARENTS THIS CURRENCY CHILDREN Pound sterlingPound sterling 1966 · DocumentedBahamian dollars per Bahamas pound: 20local shillings divided by seven.Documented connection · 1966 · Bahamian dollars per Bahamas pound: 20 local shillings divided by seven. Bahamian dollarBahamian dollar BSD No successor is established here.

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Bahamian dollar

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Roman as–denarius accounting

Earlier as reckoning; denarius introduced c. 211 BC; accounts continue into late antiquity

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The story

Bundesbank records May 25, 1966: seven Bahamas shillings per Bahamian dollar. [1]

Sources and evidence

  1. Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025

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“Bahamian dollar.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000521.html

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