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10 Dollars Rum Runner, colourized
| Issuer | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | At centre, the logo of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank occupies the field, flanked by the issuer's name arranged in the upper legend. Below the central device, inscriptions denote the weight, fineness, and face value of the coin. All legends are rendered in Roman capital letters within a clean, formal layout characteristic of modern bullion coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The "Rum Runner" title references the network of illicit liquor traders who operated through the Eastern Caribbean during U.S. Prohibition — boats moving barrels of rum from islands like Barbados and Trinidad northward to American buyers willing to pay a premium for what Congress had made illegal. The Eastern Caribbean states had no prohibition of their own, which made the trade entirely legal on the supply side.
KM#19.1 places this within a small commemorative bullion program from the ECCB, whose eight member territories share a common currency but rarely issue gold.