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1 Dollar Flamingo
| Issuer | Barbados |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The Barbados Coat of Arms occupies the central field, depicting the national shield supported by a Pride of Barbados flower and a pelican, surmounted by an arm holding two crossed sugarcanes. The country name BARBADOS arcs along the upper legend, while the national motto PRIDE AND INDUSTRY appears below the shield. The weight, denomination, and alloy specification are inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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| Edge | Plain © RuibaiK (CC BY-NC) |
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Barbados has issued titanium coinage sporadically since the early 2000s, exploiting the metal's capacity to develop interference colors through anodization — a controlled oxidation process that produces vivid surface hues without paint or plating. The flamingo has anchored Barbadian numismatic identity since the first dollar coins of 1973, making it one of the few national wildlife symbols to survive decades of design revision essentially intact.
Titanium blanks require specialized dies and striking pressures distinct from standard coinage metals, and production is invariably contracted to a small number of private mints rather than sovereign facilities.