CONCH COIN JEWELRY

The conch is featured on only one official coin. That is the one dollar coin of the Bahamas. A coin is defined as an official government disc retaining an official value of legal tender status. There are several other discs which appear in the local market. But they are neither official nor have legal tender status. Correctly termed, they are "medals" of local unofficial issue. Only the Bahamian $1 coin is legal tender and is officially a "coin." It is made up of solid silver and contains almost one-half ounce of pure silver. It depicts the conch underwater with small sea life around it. On the other side is the young queen Elizabeth II, titular head of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The oldest of these coins is at least 50 years old issued in 1966, the first year of issue of these coins. Locally these are available in pendants, key chains and money clips. They are available in both sterling and gold frames... Pronounced "Konk" as in Honk. If pronounced conch as in haunch (as in..