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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Henry III 1216-1266
| Issuer | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Facing portrait of King Henry III, depicted wearing an ornate crown with long flowing hair and a beard, rendered in a medieval artistic style. The legend THE GOLDEN JUBILEE arcs across the upper field. The inscription HENRY III 1216-1266 appears in large letters along the lower portion of the field. A small circular medallion bearing the Queen's Golden Jubilee emblem is positioned to the lower right of the royal portrait. |
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The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank issued this piece as part of a series commemorating English medieval monarchs, a curiously metropolitan choice for a Caribbean currency authority. Henry III's reign was one of the longest in English history — over 56 years — and was defined less by military triumph than by the baronial reforms that culminated in the Provisions of Oxford in 1258, effectively forcing the first constraints on royal executive power since Magna Carta.
Gold-plated copper-nickel issues of this type were produced in bulk for the collector market rather than circulation, with the Royal Mint supplying a number of Caribbean territories under similar arrangements during this period.