My first 15 center!

My very first 15 cent coin arrived today. Any reason why the Bahamas made 15 cent coins?

 

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Very nice Hibiscus flower on the reverse!

 

That's cool. I don't think I've seen a 15 cents before.

 

I have 2x1969 15 Cents from Bermuda. Glad you finally got one!

 

I don't know about the earlier dates, but many were minted at the Franklin Mint in Wawa, PA. ("FM" mint mark).

https://worldcoinsinfo.com/world/bagamas-coins.html

 

Lovely coin. For a brief moment (after reading the title of this thread) I thought that 11 cent 'nut' might be back..........

 

How about a 15 Kreutzer (Austria 1807)?
Left is the big brother--a 30 Kreutzer.

 

When the Bahamas switched from the pound to the dollar, the pound was worth a little under $3. To aid in the transition, they minted 15c coins (roughly a shilling) and printed $3 notes. It doesn't seem like either are heavily used, but both denominations are still made.

1966 and 1969 were minted at the British Royal Mint, FM took over from 1970-85, then the Royal Mint did up to at least 2005. It's unknown where the 2018 coins were minted.