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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Mountain Chicken, Colourised
| Issuer | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Reverse description | Central design features a colourised depiction of the Mountain Chicken (Leptodactylus fallax), a large frog endemic to the island of Dominica, rendered in naturalistic polychrome colour against the coin's field. The specimen is portrayed with fine zoological detail, emphasising the species' distinctive markings and form. The date 2022 appears above the central motif, while the issuer's name and the species' common name are inscribed as legends completing the reverse composition. |
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| Mintage | 2022 - Prooflike - 100 |
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The mountain chicken is neither mountain-dwelling nor a chicken — it's one of the largest frogs in the world, native to Dominica and Montserrat, and critically endangered largely because of chytridiomycosis, a fungal disease that has devastated amphibian populations globally since the 1990s. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank has periodically issued gold collector pieces tied to regional biodiversity, though the mountain chicken's precarious status gives this particular release an uncomfortable edge: current population estimates for Dominica run to a few hundred individuals at best.