The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank issued this piece as part of a commemorative series timed loosely around the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar, fought in October 1805. Nelson died aboard HMS Victory during that engagement — shot by a French sharpshooter from the rigging of the Redoubtable at a range of roughly 15 meters. The gold-plated copper-nickel format was a deliberate concession to accessibility, allowing wider distribution of what is functionally a collector's piece rather than circulating coinage.
KM#54 is among several issues the ECCB produced in this format during the early 2000s, none of which saw meaningful circulation.
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank issued this piece as part of a commemorative series timed loosely around the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar, fought in October 1805. Nelson died aboard HMS Victory during that engagement — shot by a French sharpshooter from the rigging of the Redoubtable at a range of roughly 15 meters. The gold-plated copper-nickel format was a deliberate concession to accessibility, allowing wider distribution of what is functionally a collector's piece rather than circulating coinage.
KM#54 is among several issues the ECCB produced in this format during the early 2000s, none of which saw meaningful circulation.