Barbados 1792 penny
This specimen was lot 71111 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "BARBADOS. Penny, 1792. George III. PCGS AU-58 Gold Shield. Population of just one on the PCGS Census. An especially boldly struck Penny with smooth, mark-free fields and very dark brown patina throughout." Barbados, like many islands in the Caribbean, was starved of coinage. This penny was produced under private contract. Many varieties exist but the 1788 issue with the pineapple reverse seems to be the only one that circulated. The others, probably struck by Boulton and Watt in Birmingham, were sold to collectors.
Recorded mintage: 39,000 plus restrikes.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-Tn10; Pr-15.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Byrne, Ray, Coins and Tokens of the Caribees, Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
- Pridmore, F., The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations to the end of the Reign of George VI 1952: Part 3, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras and the British West Indies, London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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