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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Diving Paradise, Colourised
| Issuer | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Reverse description | The colourised field depicts a solitary scuba diver rendered as a gold silhouette at centre, surrounded by a swirling vortex of blue-toned colour suggestive of an encircling school of fish in motion, evoking the underwater marine environment of Grenada. The legend GRENADA arcs across the upper portion of the field in large gold lettering, with the date 2019 inscribed immediately below in smaller characters. The composition conveys depth and movement through the radiating circular pattern of the coloured elements against the blue-washed ground. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank serves eight island nations through a single currency union — an arrangement that has existed since 1965 and makes attributing commemorative issues to any single territory genuinely complicated. This piece is one of several gold issues the ECCB has released targeting the collector market rather than circulation, a revenue strategy that smaller currency unions have leaned on heavily since the 2008 financial contraction hit tourism-dependent economies hard.
The colourisation was applied after striking, a process that technically disqualifies these from some major grading services' holder eligibility — worth confirming before submission.