Barbados dollar

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**Barbados dollar**
ISO 4217 Code	`BBD`
User(s)	Barbados
Inflation	-0.5%
Source	The World Factbook, 2003 est.
Pegged with	U.S. dollar = Bds$ 2
Subunit
1/100	cent
Symbol	Bds$
Coins	1, 5, 10, 25 cents, $1
Banknotes	$2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100
Central bank	Central Bank of Barbados
Website	www.centralbank.org.bb

The dollar (currency code BBD) has been the currency of Barbados since 1972. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign "$", or alternatively "Bds$" to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. It is divided into 100 cents. The Barbados dollar is pegged to the US dollar at USD1= BBD2 since July 5, 1975.

1 History
2 Coins
3 Banknotes
4 See also
5 Reference

[edit] History

The Barbados dollar was created after the establishment of the Central Bank of Barbados (CBB), which was founded by Act of parliament in May, 1972. Prior to this, Barbados and several other islands in the Eastern Caribbean were under the Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority (ECCA). The Barbados dollar replaced the East Caribbean dollar as the island's currency.

[edit] Coins

Coins in circulation:

1 cent (copper plated zinc)
5 cents (brass)
10 cents (cupronickel)
25 cents (cupronickel)
1 dollar (cupronickel)

Many coins in circulation of Barbados are struck at the Royal Canadian Mint.

[edit] Banknotes

Banknotes in circulation:

2 dollars (blue)
5 dollars (green)
10 dollars (brown)
20 dollars (purple)
50 dollars (orange)
100 dollars (grey)

The defunct 1 dollar note (which has been replaced by a coin) was red in colour and had Samuel Jackman Prescod on the face side.

Current BBD exchange rates

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[edit] See also

Economy of Barbados

[edit] Reference

2007 Cricket World Cup coins – Barbados Advocate, December 6, 2004

Dollars
Current	Australian dollar \| Barbados dollar \| Bahamian dollar \| Belize dollar \| Bermuda dollar \| Brunei dollar \| Canadian dollar \| Cayman Islands dollar \| Cook Islands dollar \| East Caribbean dollar \| Fijian dollar \| Guyanese dollar \| Hong Kong dollar \| Jamaican dollar \| Liberian dollar \| Namibian dollar \| New Zealand dollar \| Samoan tala \| Singapore dollar \| Solomon Islands dollar \| Suriname dollar \| New Taiwan dollar \| Trinidad and Tobago dollar \| United States dollar \| Zimbabwean dollar
Current, formerly a.k.a. dollar	Malaysian dollar
Defunct	British North Borneo dollar \| British West Indian dollar \| Ceylonese rixdollar \| Confederate States of America dollar \| Danish West Indian daler \| Danish West Indian rigsdaler \| Danish rigsdaler \| Hawaiian dollar \| Kiautschou dollar \| Malayan dollar \| Malaya and British Borneo dollar \| Mauritian dollar \| Mongolian dollar \| New Brunswick dollar \| Newfoundland dollar \| Norwegian speciedaler \| Puerto Rican dollar \| Rhodesian dollar \| Sarawak dollar \| Sierra Leonean dollar \| Spanish dollar \| Straits dollar \| Swedish riksdaler \| Old Taiwan dollar
Defunct, a.k.a. dollar	Chinese yuan
Conceptual	Eurodollar \| International dollar \| Petrodollar
Fictional	Dollarpound
Private	Antarctican dollar \| Calgary dollar \| Disney dollar \| Liberty dollar \| Toronto dollar
See also	Dollar sign \| Holey dollar \| Slovenian tolar \| Thaler
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Currencies of the Americas
Northern America	Bermuda dollar \| Canadian dollar \| Danish krone (Greenland) \| Euro (Saint-Pierre et Miquelon) \| US dollar \| Mexican peso
Central America <td> Belize dollar \| Costa Rican colón \| Guatemalan quetzal \| Honduran lempira \| Nicaraguan córdoba \| Panamanian balboa \| US dollar (El Salvador)
Caribbean	Aruban florin \| Bahamian dollar \| Barbados dollar \| Cayman Islands dollar \| Cuban peso \| Cuban convertible peso \| Dominican peso \| East Caribbean dollar \| Euro (Guadeloupe, Martinique) \| Haitian gourde \| Jamaican dollar \| Netherlands Antillean gulden \| Trinidad and Tobago dollar \| US dollar (British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands)
South America	Argentine peso \| Bolivian boliviano \| Brazilian real \| Chilean peso \| Colombian peso \| Euro (French Guiana) \| Falkland Islands pound \| Guyanese dollar \| Paraguayan guaraní \| Peruvian nuevo sol \| Suriname dollar \| US dollar (Ecuador) \| Uruguayan peso \| Venezuelan bolívar
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