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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II Amphitrite
| Issuer | Central Bank of Barbados |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#41, Schön#34 |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed figure of Amphitrite, the sea goddess of Greek mythology, is depicted facing left in a dynamic three-quarter pose at the centre of the field. She is portrayed as a diademed mermaid with long flowing hair, her upper body bare and adorned with a pearl necklace, her lower body transitioning into a richly scaled fish tail that curls dramatically across the lower field. She holds a trident in her right hand, with ornate scrollwork framing the composition on either side. The denomination legend ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS arcs along the upper periphery in large letters, and a beaded border encircles the design. |
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| Reverse lettering | ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS |
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Barbados launched its commemorative gold program in the mid-1970s following independence in 1966, with the Central Bank using these issues partly to generate foreign exchange rather than for domestic circulation. The .500 fineness is deliberately low for a gold commemorative — a cost-containment decision that kept face-value pricing accessible while still qualifying the pieces as gold issues under international standards.
Amphitrite held particular resonance for a maritime nation whose entire pre-industrial economy ran on Atlantic trade and whose fishing communities still identified with deep-sea mythology. The KM#41 attribution places this within a well-documented Barbadian series, though surviving population data from third-party graders remains thin.