Barbados Pineapple Penny

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Commissioned by: Sir Gibbes, Philip, British, 1731 - 1815
Designed by: Milton, John, British, 1759 - 1805
Owned by: Robinson, Avis Collins, American, 1954 - 2023

Date: 1788

Medium: copper
Dimensions: Diameter: 1 1/4 × 1/16 in. (3.2 × 0.2 cm)

Description: Barbados penny from 1788. One side of the coin shows an African figure in profile wearing a plumed crown with [I · SERVE] at the bottom. The other side depicts a large pineapple. Around the border [BARBADOES [sic] · PENNY · 1788] is in raised relief. The coin is tarnished and shows wear.

Place used: Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America

Classification: Slavery and Freedom Objects; Coins and Currency

Type: money; coins

Topic: Africa; African diaspora; Business; Commerce; International affairs; Slavery; Trans Atlantic slave trade

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2018.17.13

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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