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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II Neptune
| Issuer | Central Bank of Barbados |
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| Year | 1983 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | A powerfully rendered full-length figure of Neptune (Poseidon), depicted as a muscular triton with a scaled fish tail, faces the viewer in a frontal standing pose turned slightly to the right. The god of the sea holds a tall trident upright in his left hand, with a sea serpent or conch shell visible to his right side. The figure is rendered in high relief with fine sculptural detail on the musculature, scales, and beard. The curved legend ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS arcs around the upper periphery in bold capital letters, flanked by a beaded inner border. The field is otherwise unadorned, allowing the Neptune motif to dominate the composition. |
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| Reverse lettering | ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS |
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Barbados adopted the Barbadian dollar in 1973, severing its currency tie to the East Caribbean dollar as part of a broader assertion of financial independence following full independence in 1966. This gold issue appeared a decade later, during a period when several small Caribbean nations were producing low-fineness gold commemoratives aimed squarely at the collector market rather than circulation — the .500 fineness being a direct cost concession to keep the series commercially viable.