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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Whiptail Lizard, Colourized
| Issuer | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II in right-facing profile, diademed and with curled hair, set against a frosted field flanked by two large laurel branches rendered in high relief. The circumferential legend, incused within a raised border, reads 'EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK' at the top and 'QUEEN ELIZABETH II TWO DOLLARS' at the bottom, with '1 OZ .999 SILVER' appearing on the left side. The portrait is rendered in a mature style consistent with the Machin or similar fourth-generation effigy. The overall design is executed in brilliant proof finish with contrasting mirror fields and frosted devices. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank serves eight island territories under a single currency union — one of the few functioning multi-sovereign monetary unions outside the eurozone. Commemorative issues like this one fund a meaningful portion of the ECCB's numismatic program, which has leaned heavily into wildlife subjects and colorization techniques since the early 2010s to compete in a crowded collector market dominated by Perth and Royal Canadian Mint output.
The whiptail lizards of the Eastern Caribbean include several species found on no other landmass on earth, a product of island-by-island divergence over millennia.