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Bahamian dollar facts for kids
| Bahamian dollar | |
|---|---|
| ISO 4217 Code | BSD |
| User(s) |  The Bahamas Turks and Caicos Islands (alongside the United States dollar from 25 May 2013) |
| Inflation | 2.4% |
| Source | The World Factbook, (2007 est.) |
| Pegged with | U.S. dollar at par |
| Subunit | |
| 1/100 | cent |
| Symbol | B$ |
| Coins | |
| Freq. used | 1, 5, 10, 25 cents |
| Rarely used | 15 cents, 50 cents, 1 dollar, 2 dollars, 5 dollars |
| Banknotes | |
| Freq. used | $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 |
| Rarely used | $1/2, $3 |
| Central bank | The Central Bank of The Bahamas |
| Website | www.centralbankbahamas.com |
The dollar (sign: $; code: BSD) has been the currency of The Bahamas since 1966. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $. Sometimes it is abbreviated B$ to show it is different from other dollars. It is divided into 100 cents.
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The 2014 Bahama one Cent coin is closer in size to a U.S. dime rather than a U.S. Cent and, like the larger 2006 one cent coin, features three starfish rather than one.
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The Bahama one cent coin has had two distinct colors, three different sizes and three different reverse styles.
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Bahamian coins