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Barbados dollar

Dates in use
Still in use; introduction date not established here
Currency code
BBD
Ancestry branch
Spanish real / peso

Its place in the family

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Barbados dollar: documented and qualified family connections PARENTS THIS CURRENCY CHILDREN British Caribbean / East Caribbean dollarBritish Caribbean / EastCaribbean dollar 1973 · DocumentedDocumented connection · 1973 Barbados dollarBarbados dollar BBD No successor is established here.

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The story

Barbados’s central bank describes BCCB/ECCA predecessors and national banknotes from 1973. [1]

Barbados fixed two local dollars per U.S. dollar on July 5, 1975. [2]

Sources and evidence

  1. Central Bank of Barbados · Past Banknotes
  2. Central Bank of Barbados · Fixed for Forty-One Years

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“Barbados dollar.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000520.html

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