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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II Imperial Parrots
| Issuer | Dominica |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Currency | Eastern Caribbean Dollar (1965-date) |
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| Obverse description | The Dominican coat of arms is depicted at centre within a raised inner circle, flanked by two Sisserou Parrots as supporters perched on branches, with the national motto rendered on a scroll below. A crowned lion with a cross-staff serves as the crest above the quartered shield. The legend DOMINICA arcs prominently along the upper border in large incuse lettering within the milled outer band, while the date 1988 appears in the lower field, also within the border, separated by two raised dots on either side. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Dominica's Imperial Amazon parrot conservation coinage of the late 1980s was partly a response to CITES pressure and international attention on the near-extinction of Amazona imperialis, whose wild population had crashed to an estimated 60–80 individuals following Hurricane David in 1979. The Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority authorized these large-format silver issues specifically to generate foreign exchange and fund wildlife preservation efforts — one of the more direct cases of a coin issue with an explicit conservation funding mandate rather than a purely commemorative rationale.