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The Eastern Caribbean dollar (symbol: EC$; code: XCD) is the currency of all seven full members and one associate member of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The successor to the British West Indies dollar , it has existed since 1965, and it is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $ or, alternatively, EC$ to distinguish ...
The Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) is one of the world's four regional currency unions. [1] The union is a development of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, [2] in which the member countries agree to share the same currency, the Eastern Caribbean dollar (EC dollar).
Currency ISO 4217 Code Central bank Peg Anguilla: East Caribbean dollar: XCD: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank: 2.70 XCD = 1.00 USD Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Grenada Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Aruba: Aruban florin: AWG: Central Bank of Aruba: 1.79 AWG = 1.00 USD Bahamas: Bahamian dollar: BSD
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Logo. The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS; French: Organisation des États de la Caraïbe orientale, OECO) is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration, protection of human and legal rights, and the encouragement of good governance between countries and territories in the Eastern Caribbean.
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) [2] is a supranational central bank that serves Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, all members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) that use the ECCB-issued Eastern Caribbean Dollar as their currency.
The East Caribbean dollar is used in all seven member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and Anguilla (a British overseas territory); the only OECS member using a different currency is the British Virgin Islands, [13] a British overseas territory where the U.S. dollar is the official currency.
Currency Central bank Peg Anguilla: Eastern Caribbean dollar: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Grenada Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Argentina: Argentine peso: Banco Central de la República Argentina Belize: Belize dollar: Central Bank of Belize: 2 BZD = 1 USD Bermuda
States generally have a monopoly on the issuing of currency, although some states share currencies with other states. For the purposes of this list, only currencies that are legal tender , including those used in actual commerce or issued for commemorative purposes, are considered "circulating currencies".