Barbados adopted the trident dollar as its decimal currency in 1973, breaking from the Eastern Caribbean Dollar shared by its neighbors — a deliberate assertion of monetary independence following independence from Britain in 1966. The central bank has issued silver bullion pieces in this series for years, targeting the collector and investor market rather than circulation.
Barbados adopted the trident dollar as its decimal currency in 1973, breaking from the Eastern Caribbean Dollar shared by its neighbors — a deliberate assertion of monetary independence following independence from Britain in 1966. The central bank has issued silver bullion pieces in this series for years, targeting the collector and investor market rather than circulation.