The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank issues currency on behalf of eight member territories — Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Anguilla — a monetary union that has held its dollar pegged to the USD at 2.70 since 1976. Collector gold of this type is produced under licensing arrangements rather than for any genuine monetary purpose; the ECCB has never maintained a domestic gold coinage tradition.
Elizabeth II died in September 2022, making this among the final issues to carry her effigy under active royal authority rather than posthumous commemoration.
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank issues currency on behalf of eight member territories — Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Anguilla — a monetary union that has held its dollar pegged to the USD at 2.70 since 1976. Collector gold of this type is produced under licensing arrangements rather than for any genuine monetary purpose; the ECCB has never maintained a domestic gold coinage tradition.
Elizabeth II died in September 2022, making this among the final issues to carry her effigy under active royal authority rather than posthumous commemoration.