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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Independence
| Issuer | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Value | 20 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped bust effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, after the portrait by Arnold Machin, occupying the central field. The Queen wears the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara and a pearl necklace. The circumferential legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND, divided by the effigy, with QUEEN to the left and THE SECOND to the right. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, established in 1983 to replace the East Caribbean Currency Authority, issued this piece as part of its inaugural coinage series — the first struck under the new institutional framework that unified monetary policy across the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. The ECCB's formation consolidated currency management for eight territories that had previously operated under looser colonial-era arrangements.
The Independence designation likely references one of the member territories' sovereignty transitions rather than a single regional event, as the OECS states achieved independence from Britain at staggered intervals between 1967 and 1983.