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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Mountain Chicken
| Issuer | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#32 |
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| Reverse description | Central design features the Mountain Chicken (Leptodactylus fallax), a large endemic frog native to the island of Dominica, rendered in naturalistic detail within the field. The species is among the rarest and most endangered amphibians in the Caribbean, lending the design notable conservation significance. The country name appears below and the date above the central motif, with the colloquial species name inscribed as a legend completing the composition. |
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| Mintage | 2022 - Prooflike - 2,500 |
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The mountain chicken is neither a mountain dweller nor a bird — it is Leptodactylus fallax, a giant frog native to Dominica and Montserrat, so named because its legs were historically compared to chicken in flavour. Once hunted extensively as a food source, it is now critically endangered, with the wild population estimated at fewer than 100 individuals following the double devastation of chytridiomycosis fungal disease and the 2010 Montserrat volcanic activity.
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank issues gold legal tender coins primarily for the collector market, with no expectation of circulation across its eight-member currency union.