...Barbados - Series 2024 Reprints of 5 notes

Barbados

(Little Britain)

 

Central Bank of Barbados (Est.1972)

Currency - Dollar (BBD)

Below are the latest series of polymer notes, first introduced in 2022. The notes that I have posted here are all reprints of the 2022 series, but with a new bank governor's signature and dated 2024. Only five notes posted here as I am not sure if the $10 has been printed or issued.

The first two notes of the $20 and $100 were reportedly released in June 2024. There are no changes to this series, except that the notes are printed with the year date of Series 2024 and also with the new signature.

Two Dollars Polymer

Front - John Redman Bovell (b.1855-1928). He was a scientist and agronomist, and was credited for saving the sugar industry in Barbados. The Trident symbol is printed on the top right hand corner. 

Signature - Dr Kelvin Greenidge (since 2023)

Date - Series 2024

Dimensions - 65.5mm x 150mm

Back - Morgan Lewis Windmill in St Andrew. This mill was used as a sugar windmill and ceased operating in 1947. Restoration on the windmill was carried out in 1997, and reopened in 1999 as a museum. This is still a working windmill. The site where this windmill is located is listed in the 1996 World Monuments Watch by the World Monuments Fund. A partial map of Barbados is printed in the background.

Five Dollars Polymer

Front - Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (b.1924-1967) was a cricketer and a Jamaican senator. He and together with Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott, formed what was known as 'The Three Ws' of the West Indian cricket and a cricket is named after them, He died of leukaemia in 1967 at the aged of 42 years old. The Trident symbol is printed on the top right hand corner.

Signature - Dr Kelvin Greenidge (since 2023)

Date - Series 2024

Dimensions - 65.5mm x 151mm

Back - 3Ws Oval UWI, men playing popular cricket games.

 

 

 

 

 

Twenty Dollars Polymer

Front - Samuel Jackson Prescod (b.1806-1871), was the first person of African descent to be elected to the Barbados parliament, in 1843. The Trident symbol is printed on the top right hand corner.

Signature - Dr Kelvin Greenidge (since 2023)

Date - Series 2024

Dimensions - 65.5mm x 151mm

Back - The parliament of Barbados existed since 1639 but not until the Parliament House was built in 1874. Initially this building was known as Public Buildings. Both the Lower and Upper houses sit in the same building.

 

 

 

 

Fifty Dollars Polymer

Front - Errol Walton Barrow (b.1920-1987). He was the first prime minister of Barbados and was in office from 1966 to 1976 and then re-elected in 1986 until his death in 1987. Prior to that, he was the Premier from 1961 to 1966. Barbados became independent from the British on 30.11.1966. The Trident symbol is printed on the top right hand corner.

Signature - Dr Kelvin Greenidge (since 2023)

Date - Series 2024

Dimensions - 65.5mm x 151.5mm

Back - Independence Square Bridgetown is located on the waterfront area in the heart of the capital city of Bridgetown. Construction for the square was started in 2005 and completed in 2007. A major attraction of the square is the larger than life Statue of Errol Walton Barrow (9 feet tall) dominating the whole square. Errol Barrow is sometimes also referred to as the Father of Independence in Barbados.

 

 

 

One Hundred Dollars Polymer

Front - Sir Grantley Herbert Adams (b.1898-1971) was the first Barbados Premier from 1953 to 1958, and then the first and only prime minister of the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962. The West Indies Federation was a union which included Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica and the Leeward and Windward Islands. Its union collapsed due to political conflicts between parties as to how the union should be governed. In 1998, he was named as one of the National Heroes of Barbados. The Trident symbol is printed on the top right hand corner.

Signature - Dr Kelvin Greenidge (since 2023)

Date - Series 2024

Dimensions - 65.5mm x 150mm

Back - Grantley Adams International Airport in Christ Church. This airport was reportedly started in September 1938 and was then known as Seawell Airport. The airport is located in the southern part of the island, next to the island's capital Bridgetown. In 1976, the airport was renamed Grantley Adams International Airport in honour of the Island's first Premier.

 

 

 

An interesting fact about this series is that if you place all the notes with the $2, $5 and $10 on the top row and the remaining notes in the bottom and join that together and you can see the outline map of the island of Barbados. (Note: the $10 posted here came from the Series 2022 issue).