We recently covered the second pair of coins in Scottsdale Mint’s eight-coin Eastern Caribbean 8 programme for 2023, the sixth annual run through this beautiful region of the world. This is the fifth of them, and is for the island of Montserrat, famous for an active volcano that sometimes like to try and kill everyone, the last time in 1995.

The 2023 coin depicts an Oriole, the second time the national bird has appeared, and it’s another attractive design, if a little too similar to the 2020 issue. As usual, there are bullion variants in silver and gold, and proof versions also in silver and gold, but sporting colour highlighting. All weigh a troy ounce each. For a better look at all four versions, and indeed, every other issue under this program, check out our comprehensive, and newly revised Bullion Series Profile.