Scottsdale Mint's Eastern Caribbean 8 program is back for an eighth annual series, with a new coloured silver bar companion Launched back in 2018, the Eastern Caribbean 8 program had Scottsdale Mint offer bullion coin designs for the eight countries that fall under the umbrella of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank. Most of these are small [...]
The 2024 Eastern Caribbean 8 bullion program had a very late start, but Scottsdale Mint has released them at such an accelerated rate that they've already caught up with the issue of these final two designs, one for the volcanic island of Montserrat, and one for the island I spent almost two years on, Anguilla. Montserrat [...]
Along with the Montserrat coin came the issue for Anguilla. Regular readers will know of my affinity for this island, having lived and worked there in 2005/6, so it's great to see a coin capture the place so well. The boat races around the island (it isn't a big place) were a highlight of the annual calendar, [...]
Better late than never! Scottsdale Mint launches its 2022 Eastern Caribbean 8 bullion coin program with Anguilla and Grenada We have to admit to some surprise when news that Scottsdale Mint's Eastern Caribbean 8 had returned for a fifth run dropped into the Inbox, not because of any inherent problems with it, but simply because it's [...]
Scottsdale Mint's huge EC8 bullion series hits its 2021 halfway mark with Anguilla and Dominica additions Scottsdale Mint's flagship bullion coin series, the Eastern Caribbean 8, has been one of the victims of constraints placed on the mint by the pandemic, but they've been working hard to get back on track. They've now issued the [...]
As I may have mentioned before, I've got a special affinity for the Caribbean island of Anguilla, having lived there for 1½ years over a decade ago. However, modern precious metal coins are few and far between. The only one that regularly springs to mind is the lobster coin in Scottsdale Mint's 'Eastern Caribbean 8' annual bullion [...]
EC8 draws to a close with the penultimate bullion coin issues for the 2019 programme With eight issues per year, Scottsdale Mints Caribbean themed EC8 bullion coin programme has added plenty of variety to their selection of annual releases. Launched last year, 2019 is the second run through the eight island nations [...]
Scottsdale continue with Anguilla, the latest in their eight issue Caribbean bullion coin series The sixth issue in the eight-coin EC8 programme, Anguilla joins the others in being showcased on a pair of bullion coins and on a pair of similar coloured proofs. Just a single debut, after two were launched last [...]
