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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Pedro A. Campo
| Issuer | Central Bank of Barbados |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#59 |
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| Obverse lettering | BARBADOS 1994 |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a detailed scene of Pedro a Campo, the Portuguese explorer credited with the discovery of Barbados, seated and holding a navigational instrument to his eye as he takes a sighting. He is dressed in period costume with a feathered cap and boots, with navigational charts and a quill pen visible beside him. In the background, a period sailing vessel is seen at sea beneath a radiant sun, with tropical vegetation in the foreground. The explorer's name PEDRO A CAMPO arcs along the upper legend, while FIVE DOLLARS curves along the lower right, all enclosed within a beaded border. |
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Pedro A. Campo was a Barbadian merchant and plantation owner of the late 18th and early 19th centuries whose role in the island's economic history has been periodically commemorated by the Central Bank's collector series. Barbados launched its silver commemorative program largely to serve the international collector market, with issues like this one rarely, if ever, entering circulation.
KM#59 is one of several .925 silver pieces issued by the Central Bank in the 1990s under the broader Caribbean heritage theme.