Coins
Until 1981, the coins of the BWI$ circulated. In 1981, a new series of coins was introduced in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10 and 25 cents and 1 dollar. The round, aluminium bronze dollar coin was replaced in 1989 with a decagonal, cupro-nickel type. Higher denominations exist, but these were issued only as medal-coins.
| 2002 Series | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of first minting | ||||
| Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | ||
| 1 cent | 18.42 mm | 1.03 g | Aluminium | Plain | Elizabeth II | Value, year of minting, "East Caribbean States", 2-branch wreath | 2002 |
| 2 cents | 21.46 mm | 1.42 g | |||||
| 5 cents | 23.11 mm | 1.74 g | |||||
| 10 cents | 18.06 mm | 2.59 g | Cupronickel | Ribbed | Value, year of minting, "East Caribbean States", sailing ship | ||
| 25 cents | 23.98 mm | 6.48 g | |||||
| 1 dollar | 26.5 mm | 7.98 g | Alternate smooth and ribbed | ||||
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“No Time, spoke the clocks, no God, rang the bells,
I drew the white sheet over the islands
And the coins on my eyelids sang like shells.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
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