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8 Dollars - Elizabeth II OECS Economic Union
| Issuer | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Weight | 25.17 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central monogram of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), rendered in color and enclosed within a decorative wreath also shown in color. Surrounding the central device, the flags of the eight member states of the OECS Economic Union are depicted in full color, arranged in a circle. The legends OECS ECONOMIC UNION and ECCB appear alongside the denomination EIGHT DOLLARS and the date 2011, with the numeral 8 repeated flanking the central design. |
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The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States launched its Economic Union treaty in 2010, consolidating a single market framework across eight member territories — Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Anguilla. This coin commemorates that ratification. The ECCB has issued in a shared currency since 1983, but the Economic Union formalized free movement of people and capital in ways the currency union alone never required.
The $8 denomination is specific to commemorative issues and has no circulation equivalent within the Eastern Caribbean dollar series.