The British Caribbean Territories Currency Board was established in 1950 to provide a unified currency across the Eastern Caribbean colonies — Barbados, British Guiana, British Honduras, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands — replacing a patchwork of separate colonial issues. The Board's coinage was a deliberate administrative convenience, meant to outlast any individual territory's political status. It very nearly didn't: several member territories began withdrawing as early as 1958 following the short-lived West Indies Federation.
By 1965, the series was discontinued as successor institutions took over. The East Caribbean Currency Authority replaced the Board the following year.
The British Caribbean Territories Currency Board was established in 1950 to provide a unified currency across the Eastern Caribbean colonies — Barbados, British Guiana, British Honduras, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands — replacing a patchwork of separate colonial issues. The Board's coinage was a deliberate administrative convenience, meant to outlast any individual territory's political status. It very nearly didn't: several member territories began withdrawing as early as 1958 following the short-lived West Indies Federation.
By 1965, the series was discontinued as successor institutions took over. The East Caribbean Currency Authority replaced the Board the following year.