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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 8075042, member: 4910&quot;]Barbados declares itself a republic, cutting colonial-era ties with Britain and Queen Elizabeth II</p><p><br /></p><p>CBS News article:</p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/barbados-independence-republic-colonial-britain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/barbados-independence-republic-colonial-britain" rel="nofollow">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/barbados-independence-republic-colonial-britain</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Bridgetown, Barbados</i></p><p><i>Fireworks filled the sky over Barbados on Tuesday as the Caribbean island nation declared itself the world&#039;s newest republic, lowering Queen Elizabeth&#039;s flag as it severed colonial-era ties to the British throne to the sound of jubilant gun salutes.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>However Queen Elizabeth II has never appeared on regular circulating coins of Barbados.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins have come from supermarket change or coin-redemption machines:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_barbados_cent01_1992.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Barbados 1 Cent 1992 (Copper, 19.0 mm, 2.50 gm)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_barbados_cent05_1988.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Barbados 5 Cents 1988 (Brass, 21.0 mm, 3.75 gm)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_barbados_cent10_1992.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Barbados 10 Cents 1992 (Copper-nickel, 17.8 mm, 2.5 gm)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_barbados_dollar01_1989.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Barbados 1 Dollar 1989 (Copper-nickel, 25.8 mm, 6.32 gm)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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