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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Rum Runner
| Issuer | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK 1 OZ .999 SILVER QUEEN ELIZABETH II TWO DOLLARS |
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The "Rum Runner" designation references the illicit alcohol trade that flourished across the Eastern Caribbean during U.S. Prohibition (1920–1933), when small-boat operators smuggled Caribbean rum northward through the Bahamas and along the Atlantic seaboard. The Eastern Caribbean's geography made enforcement effectively impossible, and several islands' economies quietly depended on it.
This is part of the ECCB's broader numismatic program producing .999 silver collector issues — a revenue stream entirely disconnected from the bank's circulating coinage mandate.