1985 Barbados One Dollar

In my inherited coins was this coin and a note that said "couldn't find" , neither could I. I know someone here can tell me why.

 

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According to my Krause catalog (as well as the NGC Online World Coin Price Guide), this coin is KM 14.1, weighs 6.32 grams, has a diameter of 28mm, and is made of Copper Nickel alloy. Neither lists the mintage - looking at the previous years in the series, most are under 1,000 pcs.

Unfortunately, this doesn't translate into much retail value (probably little to no demand) as the price guide lists a value of $1.50 in MS63. Your coin is in worse shape, and it's the kind of coin I'd sell with other "bulk" world coins by the pound.

Still, kind of cool that only a few were made and you ended up with one of them!

 

Ok thank you so much. I'm trying to group these coins together by country...it is really a job. I will probably sell the world coins and keep the us coins.

 

How boring! Everyone collects US coins (well almost everyone). Dump those and save the world coins and learn a whole lot more along the way. That's what I do and it is a fascinating journey. The only US coins I have are incidentally acquired.

 

Good advice. The US coins will most likely get you more money if you sell them. The world coins are more fun.

 

Nice coin... I lived in Barbados for three years +.... the fish is the Flying fish....and they are delicious....

 

How do you catch them? With a 12 gauge?

 

Hmmm well thanks...may have to change my position then.

 

Linda, it is funny that you bring up a Barbados coin. I have brilliant uncirculated specimen sets from 1976-1982. Mintages run from 327 to 996. They were made at the Franklin Mint. Also have one set of matte finish one toea thru ten kina coins of Papua New Guinea with a mintage of 82 complete sets which is the mintage of the ten kinas.

 

Wow, that's cool. I'd like to see photos of them. Do you have one like mine?

 

My sets go to 1982 (yours 1985) but the design of the one dollar coin is in the sets. Was used for a good while as a one dollar design. Will try to take pics of the PNG sets and post them. But will have to find my matte 82 mintage set.

 

Interesting. I have proof sets from 1974-1981 missing only 1978. They all have a catalog value of around $100 each and I have often wondered what I could get for them if I put them up for sale. I also have all the proof sets from PPN for 1975-1978. They are valued around $75 each.

 

This a Royal Mint and not Franklin Mint product - they stopped making Barbados with the 1984 year with actual mint sets probably made last in 1983 (Rare). I thought for a minute you'd found an unheard of 1985 Franklin coin!
U812 please post your set and any details of how you came by it as these stories most interesting.

 

Sounds like a little wind fall to me! Good luck with it.

 

Mine or his?

 

Values on PNG proof sets go up for the 1982-4 years. Barbados best years for proof and mint sets are 1981-4. The earlier years closer to the bullion for the proofs & not a lot for the earlier mint specimen sets.

 

Oh yours is Royal Mint Ms. Linda.

 

Not really. They are just taking up space in the safe which could be used better. I got them a long time ago when I was more interested in world coin sets. I really should think of getting rid of them and all the other world sets I have and using the proceeds to buy some old German copper.

 

Yes, going through these coins, I'm tending to agree with you guys. The designs are more exotic.