Quarter Dollar 2023 King Charles III Coronation, 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 2023.

Around below, the face value QUARTER DOLLAR.

The reverse design is coloured and features a photograph of King Charles III in military uniform decorated with medal ribbons.

In the right field, the crowned royal cypher C III R (abbreviated from the Latin "Charles III Rex": Charles the third, King). On two lines below that, the inscription HIS MAJESTY KING CHARLES III.

Around above, the inscription CORONATION OF KING CHARLES III.

Finish: proof-like.
Packaging: in blister card.