Product Details

The EC8 (Eastern Caribbean Bank) program will consist of four coins minted in 2020 on behalf of each of the eight Caribbean island members that comprise the ECCB – Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The ECCB is the official issuer of the Eastern Caribbean Dollar, the Currency of the EC8 2020 Coin Program.

Issued from the country of Dominica, this coin is the third of eight releases in this historic series featuring low mintages and rich designs.

The Purple-throated Carib is one of those amazing species of hummingbird that seems to perform impossible aerial acrobatics, and it has been chosen by Scottsdale Mint to represent this stunning island. It delivers an incredibly detailed strike for a bullion coin, it’s definitely of the nicer designs in the series to date.

The Eulampis jugularis is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It breeds on Antigua, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Sint Eustatius. It has occurred as a vagrant in Barbados, Barbuda, Grenada and the Virgin Islands.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and open spaces. The purple-throated carib is notable for the differences in the appearance of the sexes. The male is larger and stronger than the female and has a shorter straight beak. Her beak is curved and about 1/3 longer.

Highlights:

Contains 1 ounce of .999 pure Silver
Coin comes in a protective plastic capsule
Limited mintage of just 25,000

Reverse: Depicts a pair of flamingos with native foliage in the background

Obverse:  Displays an image of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, along with the weight and purity

The coins, manufactured and distributed by Scottsdale Mint are legal tender in the territories of the eight members that comprise the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank.