Catalog
| Issuer | Barbados |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Technique | Proof |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse face of this three-dimensional spherical coin presents a sculpted, tactile representation of planet Earth as seen from space, with the Asia-Pacific hemisphere prominently displayed. Landmasses comprising Asia, Southeast Asia, Japan, Australia, and surrounding island chains are rendered in raised, textured bright green enamel, vividly contrasting against the deep cobalt-blue enamel of the oceans. The surface treatment employs a marbled, three-dimensional relief technique across the entire curved surface of the sphere, evoking the appearance of the Blue Marble photographs of Earth from space. No legends or inscriptions appear on this face. |
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Part of a broader wave of high-relief colorized silver issues that flooded the collector market in the early 2020s, this coin was struck under Barbados's long-standing licensing arrangement with the Pobjoy Mint and later European private minting houses — an arrangement that has made the island one of the most prolific nominal issuers of collector-market bullion despite having no domestic mint of its own.
The 3-troy-ounce weight places it in a tier favored by distributors for perceived value density relative to spot price premiums.