5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Independence - Set Issue

Barbados achieved independence from Britain on November 30, 1966, but the new nation continued using Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority coinage for nearly a decade before establishing the Central Bank of Barbados in 1972 and issuing its own decimal coinage in 1973. This 1976 five-dollar piece was produced as part of a commemorative set marking the tenth anniversary of independence — a politically significant milestone for a government eager to assert a distinct national monetary identity separate from the broader Eastern Caribbean system it had recently exited.