Catalog
2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Robert the Bruce
| Issuer | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed equestrian portrait of Robert the Bruce (1274–1329), King of Scots, dominates the field, depicted in three-quarter view mounted on a charging destrier and raising a battle-axe aloft in his right hand. The king is shown in chainmail armour and a crown, conveying his dual role as warrior and monarch. In the background to the right, a massed army of infantry bearing spears and standards advances, evoking the Battle of Bannockburn. The engraver's monogram appears in the lower left field. The curved legend ROBERT THE BRUCE arcs along the upper rim, with the regnal dates 1274-1329 inscribed in the upper central field below. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank issues commemorative pieces well outside its normal circulating remit, and this Robert the Bruce dollar sits in that category — a coin with no organic connection to the issuer beyond a licensing arrangement. Bruce's victory at Bannockburn in 1314 secured Scottish independence for a generation, though the irony is that the ECCB's member territories were themselves British colonial possessions until the late 20th century.