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Country: Eastern Caribbean States, Queen Elizabeth II (1952-date)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Years: 1965 (1955-1965)
Value: 25 Cents (0.25)
Currency: British West Indies dollar (1935-1965)
Metal: Copper-Nickel
Weight: 6.3 g
Diameter: 24 mm
Grade: VF/XF
Mintage: 1,280,000
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
Thickness: 1.9 mm
References: KM# 6
Obverse:
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to the right
Lettering: QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND
Engraver: Cecil Thomas
Reverse:
The "Golden Hind", ship of Sir Francis Drake (1542-1596), corsair and English explorer
Lettering:
BRITISH CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES
TWENTY FIVE CENTS
25 25
1965
· EASTERN GROUP ·
Engraver: Thomas Humphrey Paget
Edge:
Milled
Comments:
Six of the states using the EC$ are independent states: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The other two, Anguilla and Montserrat, are British overseas territories. These states are all members of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union.
Reference : KM# 6
Source : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2...
Collection : Elizabeth II - Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022)