Two East Caribbean Dollars Banknote

Country: Eastern Caribbean States
Issuer: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
Issue year: 2023
Type: Vertical note
Material: Polymer
Size: 65 × 132 mm
Signature: Timothy N.J. Antoine
Serial: AD 9 5 1 6 0 7

The story

The ECCB, founded on 1 October 1983, marked its 40th anniversary with this note. It is the first $2 note the ECCB has issued and its first note without the British monarch. The front honours Antiguan cricketer Sir Viv Richards, known as “The Master Blaster”, who played for the West Indies from 1974 to 1991 and is Antigua and Barbuda’s living National Hero. The IMF says he never lost a series and played his whole 17-year career without a helmet. The marine scenes celebrate the region’s reefs, and the back’s map shows the member islands. The note won the International Bank Note Society’s 2023 Bank Note of the Year and the International Association of Currency Affairs award for best commemorative note.

Front

Portrait of Sir I.V.A. “Viv” Richards in a maroon cricket cap, mid-shot with his bat (captioned “SIR I.V.A. ‘VIV’ RICHARDS” and “THE MASTER BLASTER”), large pink conch shell behind the “2”, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank building in Basseterre, 40th Anniversary logo with the ECCB emblem, blue swirling wave band, sea turtles and damselfish in a bottom window, coral reef elements, governor’s signature, text “Eastern Caribbean Central Bank”, “THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT” and the slogan “STABLE | TRANSFORMATIVE | ACCOUNTABLE | RESILIENT”.

Back

Map of the Lesser Antilles with island names (Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, St Christopher & Nevis, Montserrat, Dominica, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Grenada), large yellow-blue angelfish, two striped sergeant-major fish, coral reef with a red starfish, orange sea turtle, blue-green turtle and small fish in the bottom window, wave swirls, 40th Anniversary logo, text “Eastern Caribbean Central Bank”.