Catalog
20 Dollars
| Issuer | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
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| Year | 1987-1988 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right, with a windsurfer vignette at left and a map of the Eastern Caribbean Islands at centre-right, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint. The denomination TWENTY DOLLARS appears in the upper and lower margins, with the issuing authority inscription across the top. |
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| Reverse lettering | EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK TWENTY DOLLARS |
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The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank replaced the East Caribbean Currency Authority in 1983, and this note belongs to the transitional years when the new institution was still establishing its note series across eight member territories. The ECCB issues a single unified currency for all members, meaning the same physical note — same serial prefix system, same print run — circulates legally in Antigua, St. Kitts, Dominica, and five other jurisdictions simultaneously, an arrangement almost unique among central banks globally.
Thomas De La Rue's watermark security on this series was considered adequate for the period, though the ECCB moved toward more sophisticated features in subsequent issues through the 1990s.