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1 Penny
| Issuer | Barbados |
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| Year | 1788 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing truncated bust of an enslaved African figure, rendered in fine relief with tightly curled hair and a hoop earring visible at the ear. The figure is surmounted by a jewelled coronet from which rise three large ostrich feather plumes, an allusion to the Prince of Wales badge and the ironic motto below. The legend I·SERVE appears in the lower field, arched beneath the bust, serving as both a punning reference to the Prince of Wales device and a commentary on the institution of slavery underpinning Barbadian colonial society. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A large, centrally positioned pineapple — the emblematic fruit of Barbados — depicted in high relief with a detailed crosshatched skin and a prominent leafy crown radiating outward. The fruit rests on a small platform in the centre of the field. The circular legend BARBADOES · PENNY · reads around the upper periphery, separated by pellet stops, with the date 1788 inscribed in the lower exergual area, flanked by pellet stops, all within a finely toothed milled border. |
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