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500 Dollars - Elizabeth II International Year of the Scout
| Issuer | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
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| Year | 1983 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, after the portrait by Arnold Machin. The queen wears a small tiara and her hair is styled upswept. The circular legend reads EAST CARIBBEAN STATES to the left and QUEEN ELIZABETH II to the right, arranged around the periphery of the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The International Year of the Scout was declared by the United Nations for 1983, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the Scout Movement founded by Robert Baden-Powell in 1907. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank issued this piece on behalf of its member territories — Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent — which share a common currency but retain separate national identities.
Mintages for ECCB commemorative gold of this period were extremely low, produced primarily for collector markets rather than circulation. Fr#2 places it early in the French catalog's Eastern Caribbean gold sequence.