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5 Dollars Trident
| Issuer | Central Bank of Barbados |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1973-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Barbados has used the trident as a national symbol since independence in 1966, when it was lifted directly from the colonial badge — a deliberate act of reclamation rather than rupture. The Central Bank began issuing gold bullion coinage relatively late compared to regional peers, and this .9999 fine series competes directly with the Canadian Maple Leaf and Australian Kangaroo in the sovereign bullion market, where fractional and one-ounce issues are priced on spot with minimal numismatic premium.
The KM#198 attribution places it within Krause's modern Barbadian sequence, though cataloguing of recent Eastern Caribbean bullion issues remains inconsistent across major references.