Scottsdale Mint is powering its way through the 2024 Eastern Caribbean Eight (EC8) bullion/proof coin series, the seventh such annual program since its inception in 2018. The concept is simple. Take the eight island nations that make up the Eastern Caribbean financial block, and each year, issue a new coin design for them. This takes the form [...]
Finally, the last pair of designs in Scottsdale Mint's eight-coin Eastern Caribbean 8 programme for 2023, the sixth annual run through this popular tourist location, has been issued, and there's one for Antigua & Barbuda, and one for Grenada. The Antiguan coin is the fourth Rum Runner design, looking at the island's long history with the rum [...]
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 annual Eastern Caribbean 8 bullion coin program starts its fourth run with a double release Yes, we know it's September, but as late as it is, it's great to see Scottsdale Mint finally get their expansive Eastern Caribbean 8 bullion and proof coin program underway for 2021. This will be the fourth time the [...]
Eastern Caribbean Eight bullion coin range heads to Grenada for its third annual vacation It wasn't long ago we looked at the second of Scottsdale Mint's 2020 run through its annual eight-coin Caribbean themed bullion coin range and now, with a programme heavily compressed by the insidious coronavirus, is the third. This time it's the turn [...]
Coloured proof gold and silver EC8 Montserrat coins join their bullion siblings Following the bullion versions of the latest issues in Scottsdale Mint's expansive EC8, the mint has finally revealed the coloured proof variants of the second of them - Montserrat. The Grenada issue was covered last week. This is a more traditional [...]
Grenadian EC8 coins arrive in coloured proof gold and silver formats after a short delay We covered the bullion versions of the latest pair of issues in Scottsdale Mint's interesting EC8 last week, but unusually, the proof coloured variants did not appear at the same time. The Grenadian coins have finally showed [...]
Scottsdale continue their 2019 run through the Caribbean EC8 programme with diving paradise, Grenada The EC8 series from Scottsdale Mint continues its journey through the Caribbean with the eight-coin 2019 programme. This is the second run through the eight island nations that make up the EC8. Scottsdale have actually issued two designs [...]
Montserrat and Grenada released in the EC8 Caribbean bullion coin series from Scottsdale Now passing the half-way stage of an eight-coin 2018 program, Scottsdale Mint have doubled on the usual solo release by launching the Grenada and Montserrat coins in one hit. Previous issues that have been for other countries in the East [...]
