Both Sides of The Coin: The Story of The Central Bank of Barbados 1972-2017

40 $1 - Sir Frank Worrell $5 - Charles Duncan O'Neal $10 - John R. Bovell $20 - Sir Grantley Adams $100 - Sir Conrad Reeves the design of the notes at its first regular meeting and decided that the currency should feature images of famous, but deceased, Barbadians. The Board members had as reference a list of 14 names of prominent nationals, which included three of the individuals who later appeared on the first issues - Sir Frank Worrell's name was added during the meeting. The UK firm of Thomas De La Rue beat out another UK firm, Bradbury Wilkinson, in the quest to print the notes. 25 The contract for minting the coins went to the Royal Canadian Mint, which underbid the UK Royal Mint to win its first foreign order. Choosing the images It was felt that there should be the widest possible involvement in the choice of images for the currency. The Bank, therefore, decided to invite the general public to submit suggestions and also solicited advice from Public librarian, Chalmer St. Hill and four historians, including F.A.B. Hoyos (later Sir Alexander) and Justice Hilton A. Vaughan. When the period allotted for replies had expired, only one member of the public, along with four of the experts, had responded and a sub-committee of the Board was established to study the matter further and report to the full Board. Subsequently, the Board approved for submission to the minister of finance the sub-committee's suggestions for the following allocation of notes and images: Prime Minister Barrow did not concur with the Board's recommendations, and according to Dr. Blackman, in particular with the