什么是巴哈马元-金融考试-公众科技网

巴哈马是加勒比地区最富裕的国家之一。巴哈马的货币为巴元，同美元的比价为1：

1。基于与美国贸易的突出地位，巴哈马建立了巴哈马货币与美元的等值固定汇率关系。作为著名的离岸金融中心，巴对外国人基本上没有外汇管制。进位换算为：

1BSD=100 cents（分）

The history of the currency of Bahamas

The Bahamas used the British pound sterling as its currency from the beginning of the eighteen hundreds until 1936. The Bahamas began issuing its own banknotes denominated in pound sterling in 1869. The Bahamas pound was issued at par with the British pound. Like the British pound the Bahamian pound was divided into 240 pennies or 20 shillings, with 12 pence equaling one shilling.

In 1966, the Bahamas Government replaced the pound with the Bahamas Dollar at a rate of one Bahamian dollar is equal to 7 shillings (84 pence) or $2.86 was equal to one pound. The conversion rate of seven shillings was chosen due to the large number of American tourists coming to the Bahamas, and seven shillings at the time was US$0.98. Like other dollars, the Bahamas dollar is divided into 100 cents. Prior to 1968 banknotes were issued by the Bahamas Currency Board. From 1968 until 1974 banknotes were issued by the Bahamas Monetary Authority, and from 1974 onwards by the Central Bank of the Bahamas.

The Bahamas dollar’s ISO 4217 is BSD. Banknotes are issued in denominations of $0.50, $1, $3, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100. Coins come in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 15 and 25 cents. 15 cent coins, issued due to their approximate value to a shilling are rarely seen anymore as are three dollar notes becoming rare.

Currently the Bahamas dollar trades at par to the U.S. Dollar. Because of this relationship to the U.S. Dollar, anywhere in the Bahamas, one can use both American and Bahamas dollars, and often businesses keep lots of U.S. Dollars on hand for the convenience of American tourists who are there on short trips.