Quarter Dollar 2022 Queen Elizabeth II - In Memoriam - 1937, Coin from Barbados - detailed information

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 and the date of issue: BARBADOS 2022.

Around below, the face value QUARTER DOLLAR.

The reverse design is coloured and depicts a photograph of the future Queen Elizabeth II as a child, with her parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother), and her younger sister Princess Margaret; the photo was made for the King's coronation.

On a ribbon below, the year when the photo was taken: 1937.

Around above, the inscription HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II; separated from this by floral motifs, around below the inscription IN MEMORIAM (in memory of).

Finish: proof-like, coloured, gold plating.