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5 Dollars Pangea Blue Marble with rose gold plating
| Issuer | Central Bank of Barbados |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Shape | Sculptural (Spherical) |
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| Obverse description | Central flat disc on the spherical surface bears the Barbados Coat of Arms in rose gold-plated relief, featuring the national shield supported by a seahorse on the left and a pelican on the right, with a bearded fig tree at the center of the shield. The date '20 22' flanks the arms to left and right, while the national motto 'PRIDE AND INDUSTRY' appears on a scroll beneath the shield. The legend 'BARBADOS' arcs along the upper border of the disc, and the inscriptions '3 oz Ag 999' and '5 DOLLARS' are engraved along the lower portion. The surrounding spherical surface is covered in vivid blue enamel, evoking the appearance of a globe. |
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| Obverse lettering | BARBADOS 2022 PRIDE AND INDUSTRY 3 oz Ag 999 5 DOLLARS |
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Barbados has issued a recurring series of large-format collector pieces under the "Blue Marble" branding, and this 933-gram example sits at the heavy end of that program. The Pangea format — depicting the supercontinent configuration from roughly 300 million years ago — has been used by several mints producing high-premium novelty issues for the investor-collector crossover market, with New Zealand Mint producing pieces of this type on behalf of various sovereign issuers including Barbados.
The rose gold plating is applied over the silver field rather than the enamel surface, a layering sequence that requires separate masking during the plating stage.