Silver Five Ounces 2022 Queen Elizabeth II - In Memoriam, 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: BARBADOS.

Around below, the face value 5 DOLLARS. Divided by that, to the left and right of it, the precious metal content: 5 oz Ag 999 (five troy ounces of 99.9% silver).

The reverse design depicts two conjoined portraits of Queen Elizabeth II - an older portrait in the foreground, and a young portrait form the time of her accession to the throne in 1952 in the background, both facing right. The young portrait is gold plated.

Below right, the years of her life, 1926 and 2022.

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, selective gold plating.
Packaging: in presentation folder.