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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Brown Pelican
| Issuer | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, after the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait, centered within an open laurel wreath whose two branches frame the bust on either side. The queen is depicted with a diadem and earring, her hair dressed and pinned. A circular legend along the outer rim reads 'EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK' at the top and 'QUEEN ELIZABETH II TWO DOLLARS' at the bottom, with '1 OZ .999 SILVER' inscribed on the left side of the border. The field is darkened to provide contrast against the polished relief devices. |
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| Obverse lettering | EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK 1 OZ .999 SILVER TWO DOLLARS QUEEN ELIZABETH II |
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The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank doesn't issue circulating silver coinage — this is a bullion and collector piece produced under the ECCB's authority for numismatic export rather than regional monetary use. The Brown Pelican depicted is the national bird of Barbados and Saint Martin, both constituent territories of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union, though the bird ranges widely across the entire Lesser Antilles.
KM#7 places this early in the ECCB's modern collector series, which launched in 2018 with individual island fauna themes — a deliberate pivot toward the wildlife coin market dominated at the time by the Perth Mint's programs.