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5 Dollars Trident
| Issuer | Central Bank of Barbados |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The Barbados coat of arms at center, depicting the Golden Shield quartered with the Pride of Barbados flowers and the Bearded Fig tree, supported on the dexter by a dolphin symbolizing the fishing industry and on the sinister by a pelican recalling Pelican Island. Above the shield rests a helmet with mantling, surmounted by a crest consisting of an arm and hand holding two crossed stalks of sugar cane, emblematic of the island's sugar heritage. The design is set within a plain field with the country name and date forming the legend. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Barbados adopted the trident dollar as its currency unit at independence in 1966, pegging it to the US dollar at a fixed rate of 2:1 — a peg that has held without interruption for over five decades, one of the longest-running fixed exchange arrangements in the Caribbean. The Central Bank has leaned into that stability when marketing bullion issues, and this 2021 one-troy-ounce gold piece is part of a series designed explicitly to compete with the Maple Leaf and Britannia in the international bullion market.
.9999 fineness rather than the older .9167 gold standard reflects that competitive ambition.