Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Bajans get familiar with new notes

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THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY to touch, examine and even sniff the new Barbados banknotes.
Scores of people turned out for the first public sensitization session on the new-look Barbadian currencies at the Frank Collymore Hall of the Central Bank of Barbados yesterday.
For the first time since 1973, Barbadians were introduced to a design change of the Barbados $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 banknotes. In 2007 there were some newand upgraded security features.
Before examining the crisp notes, those on hand were educated about the array of new security features. (MM)
 

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