In four weeks, Barbadians will be pocketing new, more attractive and brightly coloured $2, $5, $10, $50 and $100 notes that will herald the first major redesign of the local currency since 1973.
At a Press briefing yesterday at the Grand Salle, Governor of the Central?Bank Dr DeLisle Worrell said the personalities featured on each value note remained the same and the general look of the notes would be familiar.
In other words, a Grantley remains a Grantley and a Barrow remains a Barrow, signifying that the $100 and $50 notes would still carry the portraits of the two National Heroes and former leaders of this country.
The new notes that have been printed by the English firm, De La Rue, go into circulation on June 4.
In emphasizing continuity, Worrell said the old notes would be in circulation alongside the new.
He added that the security measures had been upgraded to severely reduce the chance of counterfeiting.
The map of Barbados watermark, which has been found on all denominations since 1973, has been replaced by six distinct watermarks.
