BARBADOS (WEST INDIES). Copper penny token. 13.57 gm. 30 mm. J. G. Hancock, die engraver and manufacturer (?). 1788. Head left wearing a coronet with a plume of three feathers / A pineapple; BARBADOES PENNY 1788 around. Pridmore 14. KM TN 8. Spink (Colonial) Tn 8. Good Very Fine; pleasing surfaces for issue.

This token falls into the category of slavery issue coinage.

Made by John Milton in October 1788. In 1789 Milton became assistant engraver at the Royal Mint. These private issue tokens were made for Sir Philip Gibbs, a planter. Interestingly, this was soon after the first issues of the provincial token coinage series that Dalton and Hamer catalogued in the early 20th century. Zeitgeist....