america: ...East Caribbean States

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
(Antigua & Barbuda, Anguilla, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, British Virgin Islands and Martinique)

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
Currency : Dollar (CXD)

A complete set of 5 notes with face value of $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100. The first four notes of $10, $20, $50 and $100 were released in 2019. The fifth note of $5 was issued 25.06.2021. This new series is printed on polymer material. The Eastern Caribbean dollar is the currency of Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. There are ten independent states/British overseas territories in the Eastern Caribbean States group. However only eight of its members are using the Eastern Caribbean dollar and the remaining two members use other currencies, namely - British Virgin Islands (US dollar) and Martinique (Euro). The Eastern Caribbean dollar is pegged to the US Dollar at EC$2.70.

These notes were released in stages. The first was the $50 note issued in July 2019 and then followed by the $20 and $100 notes in August 2019 and then the $10 in September 2019. The final note of 45 was issued on 25.06.2021. The $5 was supposed to be issued in October 2020 but was delayed until June 2021. The delay was due to the worldwide ongoing pandemic.

The designs
$5 - Queen Elizabeth ll, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank building (Basseterre), hummingbird /

Trafalgar Falls (Dominica), Admirals House (Antigua & Barbuda);

$10 - Queen Elizabeth ll, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank building (Basseterre), hummingbird / Admiralty Bay in St Vincent, The Warspite in Anguilla;

$20 - Queen Elizabeth ll, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank building / Government House (Montserrat), nutmeg (Grenada);

$50 - Queen Elizabeth ll, Queen Elizabeth ll, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank building (Basseterre) / Brimstone Hill (St Kitts), Sir Kenneth Dwight Venner (1946-1916);

$100 - Queen Elizabeth ll, Queen Elizabeth ll, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank building (Basseterre) / Sir William Arthur Lewis (1915-1991), Les Pitons Volcano (St Lucia).

The portrait of Queen Elizabeth ll printed on these notes was taken by Peter Grugeon in 1977 when the Queen was 51 years old.

Governor - Timothy Antoine (tenure since 2015)

Five Dollars 145mm x 69mm