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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Royal Wedding, Silver Proof Issue
| Issuer | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Engraver(s) | Arnold Machin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, as modelled by Arnold Machin. The truncation of the bust is plain. The date 1981 appears in the right field below the portrait. The surrounding legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH II · EAST CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES, divided by a raised rim and separated from the field by a narrow border. |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a detailed rendering of a full-rigged sailing galleon under sail, depicted in left profile amid stylized waves, with a fortified tower visible at the vessel's stern. To the right of the ship, an arc of island outlines represents the chain of East Caribbean island territories, arranged from upper right to lower right of the field. The commemorative legend ROYAL WEDDING arcs across the upper portion of the coin, while the denomination 10 DOLLARS is inscribed in two lines across the lower field. |
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The Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority had only recently been reconstituted as the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank when this issue was commissioned — the ECCB formally came into existence in October 1983, which makes the 1981 attribution technically an issue of its predecessor body. Royal wedding commemoratives flooded the market that year; virtually every Commonwealth mint and issuing authority produced one, and survival rates in proof condition are high across the board.