Barbadian dollar

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The Barbadian dollar is the official currency of Barbados, pegged to the US dollar and used for all domestic financial transactions on the island.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf currency
fiat currency
centralBank Central Bank of Barbados
continent North America
country Barbados NERFINISHED
denominationType banknotes
coins
exchangeRate 2 Barbadian dollars = 1 United States dollar
frequentlyUsedBanknote 10 Barbadian dollars
100 Barbadian dollars
2 Barbadian dollars
20 Barbadian dollars
5 Barbadian dollars
50 Barbadian dollars
frequentlyUsedCoin 1 Barbadian dollar
10 cents
25 cents
5 cents
hasInflationTarget managed by Central Bank of Barbados
hasSecurityFeatures holographic elements on higher denominations
security threads on banknotes
watermarks on banknotes
introduced 1973
ISO4217Code BBD
legalStatus legal tender for all debts public and private in Barbados
legalTender Barbados NERFINISHED
localSymbol Bds$
monetaryAuthority Government of Barbados
monetaryPolicyRegime fixed exchange rate
monetarySymbolPlacement before the amount
officialCurrencyOf Barbados NERFINISHED
peggedExchangeRateSystem crawling peg to USD at fixed parity
peggedTo United States dollar
rarelyUsedCoin 1 cent
region Caribbean
regulatingAuthority Central Bank of Barbados
replacedCurrency East Caribbean dollar
subunit cent
subunitToUnit 100
symbol $
usedAs medium of exchange in Barbados
store of value in Barbados
unit of account in Barbados
usedFor domestic financial transactions in Barbados
usedIn Barbados NERFINISHED
usedInTourismSector Barbados NERFINISHED

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
British West Indies dollar
replacedBy
Bridgetown
usesCurrency

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