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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II United Nations
| Issuer | Central Bank of Barbados |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1973-date) |
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| Obverse description | The Arms of Barbados are centrally displayed, featuring a quartered shield bearing two sugar cane stalks and a Pride of Barbados flower, supported on the dexter by a dolphin and on the sinister by a pelican, both standing on a grassy mount. Above the shield rests a helmet with mantling and a crest depicting an armoured arm holding two crossed pieces of sugarcane. A scroll below the supporters bears the national motto PRIDE AND INDUSTRY in the legend. The country name BARBADOS arcs along the upper periphery, with the date 1995 inscribed in the lower field, all within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, this was part of a coordinated wave of commemorative coinage produced by member states in 1995 — Barbados among dozens of nations that struck pieces for the occasion. The UN's jubilee year also coincided with a major review of the organization's structure following the end of the Cold War, a period when its peacekeeping role had expanded dramatically into Somalia, Haiti, and the former Yugoslavia.
Barbados had joined the UN at independence in 1966. KM#62 was not released for general circulation.