EASTERN CARIBBEAN
CENTRAL BANK
2002 COIN ISSUES |
One Cent
Diameter: 18.42 mm
Weight:1.03 gms
Alloy:Aluminium
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Two Cents
Diameter: 21.46 mm
Weight:1.42 gms
Alloy:Aluminium
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Five Cents
Diameter: 23.11 mm
Weight:1.74 gms
Alloy:Aluminium
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Ten Cents
Diameter: 18.06 mm
Weight: 2.59 gms
Alloy: Cupro Nickel
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FOR
2002 THE ONE CENT, TWO CENT, FIVE CENT AND ONE DOLLAR
HAVE CHANGED SHAPE TO COMPLETE THE ROUND COIN FAMILY |
Twenty Five Cents Diameter: 23.98
mm
Weight: 6.48 gms
Alloy: Cupro Nickel
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Common Obverse
New for the year 2002, the common obverse features
Ian Rank-Broadley’s portrait of the Queen
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One Dollar
Diameter: 26.50 mm
Weight: 7.98 gms
Alloy: Cupro Nickel
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| In 2002, the Eastern
Caribbean Central Bank introduced several new round
coins, to complete the Family of Round Coins.
All coins have a recent portrait
of Queen Elizabeth II on one side, and either
a design of crossed palm branches or a depiction
of Sir Francis Drakes’ ship, the Golden
Hind, on the other side. The edges are either
smooth or ribbed.
The one-cent and ten-cent are similar in size,
but it is still quite easy to distinguish between
them, since the ten-cent is about two and a half
times the weight of the one-cent. The one-cent
has a smooth edge, and the number one, which is
raised, can be felt in the centre between the
cross palm design.
The ten-cent has a ribbed edge,
and the number ten is on either side of the ship.
The five and twenty five-cent coins
are about the same size, but the twenty-five cent
piece is almost four times heavier than the five
cent. The five-cent with its smooth edge, and
the number raised between the cross palms, is
different from the twenty-five cent piece with
the ribbed edge, and the number on either side
of the ship.
The features of the two-cent piece
are similar to those of the one and five cent
coins, but all three coins are different in weight
and size.
The One Dollar is larger
and heavier than the rest, with a distinctive
edge of alternate smooth and ribbed sections.
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