| Coin | Gold Gram 2022 From Queen to King |
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The Barbadian Dollar has been the currency of Barbados since 1973, when it replaced the Eastern Caribbean Dollar. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively BBD $ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies.
Apart from the regular circulating coinage, the country has also authorised some foreign mints to issue commemorative and bullion coins under its jurisdiction. Some of these are in the one gram (1g) of gold mini-coin format. These coins are considered Non-Circulating Legal Tender (NCLT) and not bullion, because they are usually sold at prices much higher than the intrinsic value of their metal.
This coin was issued to celebrate the accession of King Charles III to the throne of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
King Charles III inherited the throne from his mother Queen Elizabeth II, who was the first and last monarch of Barbados - the country became a republic in 2021, before her death. |
| Mint | MDM |
Mint Mark | No mint mark |
Total Mintage |
2,022
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| Obverse | |
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The obverse of the coin displays at its centre the Coat of Arms of Barbados: a shield which carries two Pride of Barbados flowers (the National Flower) and a Bearded Fig Tree (ficus Citrifolia). On either side of the shield are the supporters - on the right is a dolphin symbolic of the fishing industry, and on the left a pelican, after Pelican Island, a small outcrop later incorporated into the Deep Water Harbour development. Above the shield is a helmet, above which the hand of a Bajan holding two crossed pieces of sugar cane symbolic of the sugar industry. On a ribbon below, the motto PRIDE AND INDUSTRY.
Around above, the name of the country: BARBADOS.
Around below, the face value 10 DOLLARS. Divided by that, to the left and right of it, the precious metal content: 1 g Au 999.9 (one gram of 99.99% gold). |
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| Reverse | |
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The reverse design depicts the conjoined portraits of Queen Elizabeth II (in the foreground) and her son King Charles III (in the background), both facing right.
Around left, the inscription FROM QUEEN TO KING separated from it by a fleur-de-lys above, around right is the inscription THE ROYAL SUCCESSION.
Around below, the year of issue (and of the Royal succession), 2022. |
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| Reverse Inscription |
FROM QUEEN TO KING THE ROYAL SUCCESSION 2022 |
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| Edge | Milled | Edge Inscription | None |
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| Notes | Finish: proof-like.
Packaging: in blister card.
The coin is like a "piedfort" of the gold half gram: same diameter, but double the thickness and weight. |
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