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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II Amazon Parrots
| Issuer | Saint Lucia |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Value | 100 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | The Saint Lucia coat of arms is displayed centrally within a raised inner circle, featuring a shield supported by two Amazon parrots with wings displayed, surmounted by a torch, with a scroll bearing the national motto at the base. The legend 'SAINT LUCIA' arcs along the upper periphery outside the inner circle, while the date '1988' appears in large numerals at the bottom of the field. Two raised dots flank the lower portion of the inner circle as decorative punctuation. The whole is struck to proof standard with a deeply mirrored field contrasting with frosted relief devices. |
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| Reverse description | Two Saint Lucia Amazon parrots (Amazona versicolor) are depicted in a naturalistic tropical setting: one bird perches upright on a branch at the left, facing right, while the second is shown in a forward-leaning posture on a log in the foreground, amid tropical foliage, palm trees, and hanging moss rendered in fine detail. The curved legend 'ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS' arcs along the upper periphery of the field. The composition is executed with exceptional sculptural relief against a deeply mirrored proof field, emphasizing the naturalistic plumage and habitat detail. |
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Saint Lucia issued this coin as part of a wave of large-format silver wildlife pieces produced across the Eastern Caribbean during the late 1980s, many driven less by domestic policy than by the international collector market. The series was coordinated under the umbrella of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, which pooled minting arrangements to make such issues economically viable for small island nations that lacked their own mint facilities entirely.
The Amazon parrot species native to Saint Lucia — Amazona versicolor — was already on CITES Appendix I by this date, with wild population estimates in the low hundreds.