1 oz Barbados Caribbean Pelican

Description

• The 2021 Barbados Pelican has a limited mintage of 10,000 coins. This bullion Silver coin issued by the country of Barbados features one of the icons featured in the Barbados Coat of Arms, the pelican.
• Obverse: Displays the Barbados coat of arms along with the face value and purity. The Golden Shield of the Arms carries two Pride of Barbados flowers (the National Flower) and the Bearded Fig Tree (ficus Citrifolia). On either side of the shield are the supporters-on the right is a dolphin symbolic of the fishing industry and on the left is a Pelican, after Pelican Island, a small outcrop later incorporated into the Deep Water Harbour development. Above the shield is a helmet and mantling and on a wreath is the arm and hand of a Bajan holding two crossed pieces of sugar cane symbolic of the sugar industry. The Coat of Arms carries the motto “Pride and Industry.”
• Reverse: Features a pelican with its wings spanned out, soaring over the ocean. Below the pelican are graphic images representing waves of the ocean. The inscription “CARIBBEAN SILVER”, purity, and year of issue is also on the reverse.