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Monday, 13 June 2016

THE BLUE OF BARBADOS



This extremely Blue note is the 2 Dollar note from Barbados and was issued in 2013. It has John Redman Bovell  on the front and on the reverse is the Morgan Lewis Windmill , the last sugar mill to operate in  Barbados.

you can see some of the security and design  features here

there are more barbados notes  HERE including an older issue of the $2

Wednesday, 2 January 2013

BARBADOS



Barbados is an independent state within the British commonwealth. Barbados gained independence in 1966.

The two notes above are the five Dollar ($5) and two Dollar ($2). the $5 is from 1975 and has a portrait of Sir F Worrell , The first black captain of the West  Indies cricket Team. The $2 is from 1980 and the portrait here is of J R Bovell, a scientist. the reverse of both notes depicts the Trafalgar square in Bridgetown, the capital.