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1 Dollar A Nightmare on Elm Street
| Issuer | Central Bank of Barbados |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#405 |
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| Obverse lettering | NLP (s23) BARBADOS 10g Ag 999 2023 1 Dollar |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a full-length color-printed portrait of Freddy Krueger, the fictional antagonist from the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, depicted in his characteristic red and dark brown horizontally striped sweater, worn dark trousers, and brown fedora hat. His right hand displays the bladed glove for which the character is renowned, rendered in vivid color against the shaped silver flan. The silhouette contour of the coin precisely follows the standing figure's outline, enhancing the three-dimensional character effect. The color application employs detailed tonal shading to capture the menacing likeness of the horror icon. The reverse carries no additional lettering or inscriptions. |
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Barbados has issued a string of horror-franchise silver pieces under licensing arrangements that became increasingly common among Caribbean and Pacific island mints after the mid-2010s, when bullion dealers discovered that pop-culture premiums could dwarf melt value on small-mintage collector pieces. The rectangular format here is deliberate — shaped issues command higher secondary-market premiums and are harder to counterfeit convincingly at scale.
Freddy Krueger's 1984 debut was financed on a budget of roughly $1.8 million; this coin almost certainly cost more per unit to produce than the film spent per minute of screen time.