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10 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th portrait
| Issuer | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
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| Year | 2009-2022 |
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| Thickness | 1.4 mm |
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| Obverse description | Fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, diademed and with curled hair, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND curves along the upper periphery, with the engraver's initials IRB incuse below the truncation of the neck. The effigy is rendered in high relief against a flat field. |
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| Reverse lettering | EAST CARIBBEAN STATES 2009 10 10 TEN CENTS |
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The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank serves eight territories simultaneously — Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — making this one of the few modern currency unions to predate the euro by over two decades. The switch from cupronickel to nickel-plated steel beginning with the KM#37a series reflects a broader cost-driven reformulation that swept through Commonwealth Caribbean coinage in the late 2000s as base metal prices spiked.