Barbados Coins - The Caribbean Island of Barbados is a republic today

Barbados declares itself a republic, cutting colonial-era ties with Britain and Queen Elizabeth II

CBS News article:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/barbados-independence-republic-colonial-britain

Bridgetown, Barbados
Fireworks filled the sky over Barbados on Tuesday as the Caribbean island nation declared itself the world's newest republic, lowering Queen Elizabeth's flag as it severed colonial-era ties to the British throne to the sound of jubilant gun salutes.

However Queen Elizabeth II has never appeared on regular circulating coins of Barbados.

These coins have come from supermarket change or coin-redemption machines:


Barbados 1 Cent 1992 (Copper, 19.0 mm, 2.50 gm)


Barbados 5 Cents 1988 (Brass, 21.0 mm, 3.75 gm)


Barbados 10 Cents 1992 (Copper-nickel, 17.8 mm, 2.5 gm)


Barbados 1 Dollar 1989 (Copper-nickel, 25.8 mm, 6.32 gm)

 

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Here's some that you won't find in a Coin Star. If you do then you're very, very lucky.

 

Nice coins, good to see my avatar there, lol

 

There will be several more realms transitioning into republics after the reign of QEII. Sentiment is popular during the current reign, but those ties that bind will be fraught afterwards. Bahamas, Jamaica, Belize and significantly Australia are candidates.

 

My lowest-mintage coin, 468 made.

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One of the many "coins" put out in 2019 for the anniversary of the moon landing.

 

A glow in the dark dollar issued to honour the essential workers during the pandemic