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1 Dollar Pelican
| Issuer | Central Bank of Barbados |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the Barbadian coat of arms at center, comprising a shield adorned with the national Pride of Barbados flowers and the Bearded Fig tree, flanked by a dolphin symbolizing the fishing industry and a pelican representing historic Pelican Island. Above the shield is a helmet with mantling, surmounted by a crest depicting an arm and hand holding two crossed sugarcane stalks, emblematic of the sugar industry. The encircling legend reads BARBADOS PRIDE AND INDUSTRY, with the denomination 1 DOLLAR and the silver fineness specification 1 OZ Ag 999 inscribed in the field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Barbados has issued silver bullion dollars under the Pelican series for decades, but the 2022 strike is notable for arriving as the island nation completed its transition to a republic in November 2021 — the first Caribbean nation to remove the British monarch as head of state in over 50 years. The Central Bank continued issuing coins under its own authority rather than through the Royal Mint relationship that had governed earlier Barbadian coinage.