10 Cents - Elizabeth II

Barbados gained independence from Britain in November 1966, but the new decimal coinage series — designed by Philip Nathan — didn't enter circulation until 1973, a seven-year gap during which Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority coins continued to serve the island. The Central Bank of Barbados was established specifically to issue and manage that inaugural national coinage.

The series ran with minimal modification for over three decades, a span that saw Barbados weather the 1980s Caribbean debt crisis largely intact due to its tourism-anchored economy.