{"id":7259,"date":"2023-01-09T19:56:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T23:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/?p=7259"},"modified":"2023-01-09T20:02:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T00:02:01","slug":"new-barbados-bank-notes-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/new-barbados-bank-notes-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"New Barbados Bank Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In December 2022, the Central Bank of Barbados released an attractive new series of bank notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/barbados-bank-notes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/barbados-bank-notes.jpg 752w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/barbados-bank-notes-300x106.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><figcaption>2022 Barbados Banknotes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new polymer banknotes are <strong>more durable<\/strong> than the previous bills and are <strong>harder to replicate<\/strong> and <strong>easier to authenticate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bills include a number of <strong>security features<\/strong> such as hidden numbers, and symbols that only show under UV light. There are also <strong>tactile marks<\/strong> for the <strong>visually impaired<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><strong>You can continue to use your existing banknotes. Those notes will remain in circulation for several years as we transition to the new notes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_88364\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NJGdPj3IefU?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Barbados banknotes come in 6 denominations, each with a portrait honoring meritorious Barbadians:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>$2 (Blue) <\/strong><br>Portrait: John Redman Bovell &#8211; scientist and agronomist; credited with saving the local sugar industry through research and genetic experiments.<br>Reverse: Morgan Lewis Windmill<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>$5 (Green) <\/strong><br>Portrait:  Sir Frank Worrell &#8211; outstanding cricketer, first black man to captain the West Indies cricket team, and senator in Jamaica\u2019s parliament.<br>Reverse: 3Ws Oval<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>$10 (Brown) <\/strong><br>Portrait: Charles Duncan O\u2019Neal &#8211; medical doctor, campaigner for social justice, and member of parliament. One of Barbados\u2019 National Heroes.<br>Reverse:  Charles Duncan O\u2019Neal Bridge <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>$20 (Purple) <\/strong><br>Portrait: Samuel Jackman Prescod &#8211; journalist, social campaigner, and first non-white member of the House of Assembly. One of Barbados\u2019 National Heroes.<br>Reverse: Parliament Buildings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>$50 (Orange) <\/strong><br>Portrait: Errol Barrow &#8211; first Prime Minister of the island which he led to Independence in 1966. One of Barbados\u2019 National Heroes.<br>Reverse: Independence Square<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>$100 (Grey) <\/strong><br>Portrait: Sir Grantley Adams &#8211; lawyer, social reformer, and Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation. One of Barbados\u2019 National Heroes.<br>Reverse: Grantley Adams International Airport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In December 2022, the Central Bank of Barbados released an attractive new series of bank notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[473,474,471,472],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7259"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}