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200 Dollars - Elizabeth II Year of the Child
| Issuer | Central Bank of Barbados |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#29, Schön#21 |
| Obverse description | The obverse displays the full coat of arms of Barbados, centrally positioned within a beaded border. The shield, supported by a dolphin to the left and a pelican to the right, bears the quartered arms featuring a fig tree. Below the shield, a scroll carries the national motto 'PRIDE AND INDUSTRY' in raised lettering. The legend 'TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS' arcs along the upper periphery, while 'BARBADOS' is inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS BARBADOS |
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The International Year of the Child, designated by the United Nations for 1979, prompted a wave of commemorative issues from smaller nations, many of them produced in limited gold strikes aimed squarely at the collector market rather than circulation. Barbados issued this piece through the Central Bank during a period when several Caribbean states were actively building numismatic programs as modest foreign exchange earners.
The .900 fineness places it in line with pre-1933 American gold coinage standards rather than the .999 fine bullion approach that would dominate commemorative gold by the following decade.