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5 Dollars John Adams
| Issuer | Central Bank of Barbados |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | A prominent bust-length portrait of John Adams, second President of the United States, dominates the central field, depicted in period attire with powdered wig. To the left, an engraving of the Constitution manuscript bears the opening words We the People, while the American flag appears to the right. In the lower field, a vignette depicts the Founding Fathers in deliberation, with the date range 1776-2026 inscribed on a ribbon beneath. The sitter's name John Adams appears on a scrolled banner at the bottom, flanked by five stars, and the arc legend 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE runs along the upper rim within a laurel wreath border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Barbados switched from the Eastern Caribbean Dollar system to its own independent currency in 1973, pegging the Barbadian dollar to the US dollar at a fixed rate of 2:1 — a peg that has held without interruption for over fifty years, one of the longest-standing fixed exchange rates in the Western Hemisphere. The decision to issue a silver piece denominated in Barbadian dollars honoring a US president sits in that long shadow of monetary alignment.
Adams was the first US president to occupy the White House, moving in during November 1800 with construction still incomplete.