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The exchange rate of $4.80 = £1 sterling (equivalent to the old $1 = 4s 2d) continued until 1976 for the new Eastern Caribbean dollar. [ 1 ] For a wider outline of the history of currency in the region see Currencies of the British West Indies .
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
Before 1976, the EC dollar was pegged to the British pound sterling (GBP) at an exchange rate of EC$4.80 to £1.00. [3] However, since 7 July 1976, the EC dollar has been pegged to the US dollar at a fixed rate of EC$2.70 to US$1.00. [3] The fixed exchange rate allows for macroeconomic stability, low inflation, and growth of the financial ...
The private banking sector tended to use Spanish dollar accounts at the fixed exchange rate of $1 = 4s 2d. The Eastern Caribbean group formed a monetary union with British Guiana in 1949 and the currency was known as the British West Indies dollar. Trinidad and Tobago left the arrangement in 1964.
Eastern Caribbean dollar: EC$ XCD Cent: 100 Saint Lucia: Eastern Caribbean dollar: EC$ XCD Cent: 100 Saint Pierre and Miquelon: Euro € EUR Cent: 100 Canadian dollar $ CAD Cent: 100 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Eastern Caribbean dollar: EC$ XCD Cent: 100 Samoa: Samoan tālā $ WST Sene: 100 San Marino: Euro € EUR Cent: 100 São Tomé ...
The East Caribbean dollar is pegged to the United States dollar, and has been for over 35 years since 1976, [11] having previously been pegged to the pound sterling. [11] In 1965, the Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority was established (coming after the British Caribbean Currency Board), to distribute currency, but The Bahamas withdrew from ...
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.
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: Bermudan dollar: Bermuda Monetary ...