Catalog
20 Dollars
| Issuer | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
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| Year | 1988-1993 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1965-date) |
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| Obverse description | At centre-right, an intaglio portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a tiara, set against a fine guilloche underprint in shades of violet and blue. To the left, the denomination "TWENTY DOLLARS" is printed in large letters above two facsimile signatures with the title "Governor" below, flanked by serial numbers in dark ink at upper left and right. A detailed vignette of the Eastern Caribbean island chain map appears at upper right, with the bank title "EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK" inscribed across the top and the value numeral "$20" at upper right. |
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| Signature(s) | suffix letter A (Antigua) - Sir Cecil Jacobs suffix letter A (Antigua) - K. Dwight Venner suffix letter D (Dominica) - Sir Cecil Jacobs suffix letter D (Dominica) - K. Dwight Venner suffix letter G (Grenada) - Sir Cecil Jacobs suffix letter G (Grenada) - K. Dwight Venner* * not listed in catalog suffix letter K (St. Kitts) - Sir Cecil Jacobs suffix letter K (St. Kitts) - K. Dwight Venner suffix letter L (St. Lucia) - Sir Cecil Jacobs suffix letter L (St. Lucia) - K. Dwight Venner suffix letter M (Montserrat) - Sir Cecil Jacobs suffix letter M (Montserrat) - K. Dwight Venner suffix letter U (Anguilla) - Sir Cecil Jacobs suffix letter V (St. Vincent) - Sir Cecil Jacobs |
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The ECCB's suffix-letter system is one of the more unusual arrangements in Caribbean currency — each member territory's notes carry a distinct letter code, allowing the bank to track issuance by island while maintaining a unified currency. Anguilla (U) and St. Vincent (V) show only the Jacobs signature in this series, suggesting the transition to Venner, who took the governorship in 1989, either occurred after their local allocations were exhausted or those Venner-signed suffix variants simply haven't been confirmed.
The unlisted Grenada/Venner combination (G suffix) is a minor catalog gap worth noting for anyone completing a full signature run across all seven territories.