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1 Dollar
| Issuer | Central Bank of Barbados |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1973-date) |
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| Reverse description | Red intaglio print over a multicolour guilloche underprint. The central vignette presents Trafalgar Square in Bridgetown, Barbados, rendered in a detailed architectural view. A circular watermark window is positioned at right. |
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| Signature(s) | C. Blackman |
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The 1973 series marked the Central Bank of Barbados's first issue following the institution's establishment in 1972, replacing the Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority notes that had circulated on the island since federation-era arrangements. De La Rue printed the full series, a predictable choice for a newly independent Caribbean central bank with no domestic printing infrastructure.
At just over twelve million printed, the 1 Dollar was by far the workhorse denomination of the inaugural release. Watermarking was the sole security measure — modest even by 1973 standards.