1 There were a few nervous giggles from people in the audience. 2  The stock market's recent seesaw movements have made many investors nervous.  I was nervous on my first day at college, but I was reassured to see some friendly faces.
Barbados has its own currency known as the Barbadian Dollar. The currency symbol for the Barbados dollar is BBD. All items sold on the island are in Barbados dollars however US currency is widely accepted. You can very easily pay for something with US dollars and receive change in Barbadian dollars.
In 1955, coins were introduced when the dollar was decimalized. In 1964, Trinidad and Tobago introduced its own dollar. Between 1964 and 1968 the Trinidad and Tobago dollar was utilized in Grenada as legal tender until that country rejoined the common currency arrangements of the East Caribbean dollar. The Trinidad and Tobago dollar and the Eastern Caribbean dollar were the last two currencies in the world to retain the old rating of one pound equals four dollars and eighty cents, as per the gold sovereign to the Pieces of eight. Both of these currencies ended this relationship within a few weeks of each other in 1976.