Unique coins from the Caribbean islands. Discover tropical numismatics, from colonial history to modern independent island nations.
Circulation coinage of the Dutch Caribbean territories (Curaçao, Sint Maarten) under the Guilder system.
Circulation coinage of the Dutch Caribbean territories (Curaçao, Sint Maarten) under the Guilder system.
Post-1974 coinage featuring Caribbean marine life, tropical birds, and local flora.
The latest definitive coinage of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas with refined national designs.
A major transitional coinage phase triggered by the economic reforms of the early 1980s. To combat rising production costs, the BCCR eliminated fractional centimos and downsized the core Colon denominations. This era marks the introduction of lightweight brass-plated and nickel-plated steel-core blanks, maintaining the national heraldry but optimizing thickness and diameters for modern commerce.
The contemporary circulating currency of Costa Rica, showcasing advanced minting security and metallurgy. High-value denominations feature heavy brass-plated components and the iconic bi-metallic 500 Colones coin, while low-value pocket change shifts to ultra-lightweight industrial aluminum blanks. Coins in this batch include tactile Braille-style identifier dots for the visually impaired.
The inaugural circulating coinage of the decimal Jamaican Dollar introduced in 1969 to replace the pound. This historic batch is characterized by its heavy, large-format denominations struck in cupro-nickel, brass, and aluminum. It features distinct geometric shapes, such as the scalloped 10 Cents and the rounded-square 5 Cents, all displaying the classic Coat of Arms of Jamaica.
The comprehensive modern coinage era of independent Jamaica, defined by the prominent depiction of the nation's National Heroes on regular circulating issues. This extensive batch captures both the iconic heptagonal (7-sided) base-metal formats introduced in 1993 and the subsequent 2008 technical modernization, which downsized the coins and shifted them to high-security plated steel-core blanks while preserving the classic portrait layouts.
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