Barbados
Barbados is one of the Caribbean Windward Islands in the West Indies, discovered by Portuguese in 1563, and first settled by Britain in 1624, issued its first gold coins in 1975. Barbados remains a member of the British Commonwealth, with the Queen as Head of State as Queen on Barbados.

Barbados Coins
Although Barbados became independen in 1966, it did not issue its own coins until 1973, before this British Caribbean Territories coins were used.
The first gold coins issued for Barbados were in 1975. All Barbados gold coins are commemorative issues.
We usually manage to have a small selection of Barbados gold coins in stock.

Technical Specifications
As you will see, there are frequent changes of specification within denominations, often in the same year which can be very confusing.

Denomination	Diameter	Weight	Fineness	Gold Content
$10	25.00	7.776	.5833	0.1458
$25		47.5400	.917	1.4013
$50	27	15.9800	.917	0.4709
$100 (1975, 1983, 1984, 1985)	26	6.2100	.5000	0.0998
$100 (1978)	21	4.0600	.9000	0.1174
$100 (1978 Proof)	21	5.0500	.9000	0.1461
$100 (1989)	27	15.9760	.917	0.4709
$150	23.5	7.1300	.5000	0.1146
$200	26.5	8.1200	.9000	0.2349
$200 (Proof)	26.5	10.1000	.9000	0.2922
$250 (1982)	22	6.6000	.9000	0.1910
$250 (1986)		47.5400	.917	1.4017

Notes
AGW = Gold Content = Actual gold content weight in troy ounces.

Prices & Availability
The prices quoted in the US $ column may be out of date due to currency fluctuations.
Please telephone for current prices and availability.

Date	Denomination	Description	Grade	Mintage	Availability	Price £	Price $
1981	$150	First Gold Proof $150	Proof, FDC, Boxed	1,140	Yes	£100	$160
1995	$10	Queen Mother Lady of the Century	Proof, FDC, Boxed	5,000	Yes	£125	$195

Postage & Packing
UK Registered Post (Special Delivery) £9 per order
EU Insured Post £10 per order
USA Airmail $10 per order
USA Insured Shipping by Fedex $40 per order

Barbados Silver and Base Metal Coins
For silver and base metal coins of Barbados, please look at our original Chard Coins website.

Coins Wanted
We make an active market in almost all world coins, gold or otherwise, including Barbados gold coins. If you have any of these coins to sell, please contact us, or post them to us for appraisal and offer.