Catalog
2 Dollars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Barbados |
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| Year | 2013-2018 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | Central Bank of Barbados THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT Two Dollars Bridgetown 2 MAY 2013 GOVERNOR JOHN REDMAN BOVELL $2 PRIDE AND INDUSTRY |
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| Protection description | Watermark portrait of John Bovell with value numeral 2; windowed security thread embedded in the paper. |
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| Comments |
The P#73 series marked a quiet but deliberate shift in Barbadian currency design, introduced in 2013 as part of a broader family refresh rather than any monetary crisis or political rupture. Thomas De La Rue's involvement with Barbados stretches back decades, and this note fits comfortably within their standard commercial banknote production of the period — nothing experimental in the printing or substrate.
Cotton paper with watermark and thread security sits at the lower end of the protection spectrum for this era, reflecting the low denomination's modest fraud-risk profile.