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  "title": "For the Love of Cricket",
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  "summary": "Barbados’ $5 banknote pays tribute to the man who united West Indian cricket",
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      "heading": "Design priorities and national identity",
      "content": "- Top priority for the redesign: that the notes be \"authentically Barbadian.\"\n- Each note \"talks about our history, geography, and culture.\"\n- Portraits of historic Barbadians appear on the new banknotes.\n- The top of every note has a small broken trident; when held up to the light it reveals the notes’ denomination. The tridents signify that Barbados \"broke away from being a colony and are now independent.\"\n- The banknotes are inscribed with lines from the national anthem: \"We write our names on history’s page, with expectations great.\""
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      "heading": "Cricket heritage and Frank Worrell on the $5 note",
      "content": "- Cricket is a central cultural feature in Barbados: \"Almost every district that you walk in, you will find people on the road playing cricket.\"\n- Of the 385 men to play test cricket for the West Indies since 1928, 90 are from Barbados.\n- Historical cricket milestones cited:\n  - The West Indies Cricket Board joined the Imperial Cricket Council in 1926.\n  - The team played its first official international match—called a \"test\"—in 1928.\n  - The team set a record streak of 11 consecutive test victories in 1984.\n- The Barbadian $5 note features cricket legend Frank Worrell:\n  - Worrell was one of the \"Three W’s\" (with Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott), all born in Saint Michael, Barbados.\n  - He was the first Black man to captain the West Indies cricket team for an entire series.\n  - Under his leadership the team lost just 3 of the 15 tests.\n  - He died in 1967 of leukemia at age 42.\n  - He was knighted by the late Queen Elizabeth II and was the first sportsman to be honored with a memorial service at Westminster Abbey.\n- Design specifics for Worrell on the new series:\n  - The design is vertical and Worrell is depicted in cricket gear rather than a suit.\n  - The back of the $5 note shows Worrell at the pitch in front of the \"3Ws Oval\" on the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies."
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      "heading": "Material, security, and visual features",
      "content": "- The new banknote series is the first to be printed on polymer.\n- Polymer makes notes more durable than cotton-based banknotes; new security features make them harder to counterfeit.\n- Denominations referenced: $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100.\n- Security and design features by denomination:\n  - $2, $5, and $10 notes: a clear plastic window has been added with a vignette of the image featured on the back.\n  - $20, $50, and $100 notes: the vignettes are reproduced as holograms.\n  - When all six denominations are grouped together, a map of Barbados is revealed under ultraviolet light (map lines noted as a unique feature).\n  - The top of every note also includes the small broken trident that reveals denomination when held to light."
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    {
      "heading": "Accessibility and tactile features",
      "content": "- Consultation with representatives of the Association for the Blind and Deaf led to tactile marks to help visually impaired or fully blind Barbadians differentiate denominations.\n- Tactile marks take the form of a distinct shape per denomination; examples:\n  - The $5 note has a triangle.\n  - The $100 note has a square.\n\nF&D Magazine — For the Love of Cricket, ANALISA R. BALA, December 2022.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- For the Love of Cricket: Barbados' $5 Banknote\n  - For the Love of Cricket: Barbados' $5 Banknote (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - For the Love of Cricket: Barbados' $5 Banknote (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd/issues/2022/12/currency-notes-for-the-love-of-cricket"
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    "Authors: ANALISA R BALA",
    "Published: December 1, 2022",
    "Top priority for the redesign: that the notes be \"authentically Barbadian.\"",
    "Each note \"talks about our history, geography, and culture.\"",
    "Portraits of historic Barbadians appear on the new banknotes.",
    "The top of every note has a small broken trident; when held up to the light it reveals the notes’ denomination. The tridents signify that Barbados \"broke away from being a colony and are now independent.\"",
    "The banknotes are inscribed with lines from the national anthem: \"We write our names on history’s page, with expectations great.\"",
    "Cricket is a central cultural feature in Barbados: \"Almost every district that you walk in, you will find people on the road playing cricket.\"",
    "Of the 385 men to play test cricket for the West Indies since 1928, 90 are from Barbados.",
    "Historical cricket milestones cited:",
    "The Barbadian $5 note features cricket legend Frank Worrell:",
    "Design specifics for Worrell on the new series:",
    "The new banknote series is the first to be printed on polymer.",
    "Polymer makes notes more durable than cotton-based banknotes; new security features make them harder to counterfeit.",
    "Denominations referenced: $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100.",
    "Security and design features by denomination:",
    "Consultation with representatives of the Association for the Blind and Deaf led to tactile marks to help visually impaired or fully blind Barbadians differentiate denominations.",
    "Tactile marks take the form of a distinct shape per denomination; examples:",
    "**For the Love of Cricket: Barbados' $5 Banknote**"
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