The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank serves eight island territories — Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — and has issued collector coinage under a shared monetary authority since 1965, originally as the East Caribbean Currency Authority. The conch shell carries genuine regional weight: the queen conch was once a dietary staple across the Lesser Antilles, and its catastrophic overharvesting through the late 20th century prompted CITES Appendix II listing in 1992.
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank serves eight island territories — Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — and has issued collector coinage under a shared monetary authority since 1965, originally as the East Caribbean Currency Authority. The conch shell carries genuine regional weight: the queen conch was once a dietary staple across the Lesser Antilles, and its catastrophic overharvesting through the late 20th century prompted CITES Appendix II listing in 1992.