Barbados Pineapple Penny

British Sir Philip Gibbes American Avis Collins Robinson British John Milton

1780

Medium: copper
Genre: Money
Museum: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Styles

money

Tags

businessslaveryTrans Atlantic slave tradeInternational affairsafrican diaspora

About

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.