Jester's Challenge #242

1jester

Welcome to Jester's Challenge, an interactive history lesson.

It is my hope that this series will provide us with much entertainment, knowledge, and friendship, through the active participation of as many people as possible. Please tell us what you know of this coin, or anything related to it. Thank you all!

Here's selection number 242:

MacCrimmon

Are these denominated on par with the U.S. dollar or the U.K. pound?

historygeek

The East Caribbean Dollar is the currency of eight political units in the Caribbean Sea. Six of these are independent states, namely Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines. Two are UK overseas territories, namely Anguilla and Montserrat.

The East Caribbean dollar is issued by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank based in St Kitts and Nevis. The bank was established by an agreement (the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Agreement) signed at Port-of-Spain on July 5, 1983, as successor to the Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority. The currency is a successor to the West Indies dollar used by the West Indies Federation.

The ISO 4217 currency code for the East Caribbean dollar is XCD.

Exchange rate: East Caribbean dollars (EC$) per US$1 - 2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)



Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines

Shipcoin

Yeees!! I was right!!!

I always liked that "Calleon"



I should continue that line, Mike --- your ship coins collection already looks for me very serious!

1jester

HG, thanks for the info!

Nick, I have more!