Barbados Pineapple Penny
date: label: Date
content: 1788
name: label: Commissioned by
content: Sir Philip Gibbes, British, 1731 - 1815
label: Designed by
content: John Milton, British, 1759 - 1805
label: Owned by
content: Avis Collins Robinson, American, 1954 - 2023
notes: label: Description
content: 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: label: Place used
content: Barbados, Caribbean, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Trans Atlantic slave trade
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Coins and Currency
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.17.13
objectType: label: Type
content: money
label: Type
content: coins
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: copper
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 1 1/4 × 1/16 in. (3.2 × 0.2 cm)