2024 1 oz EC8 Silver Antigua & Barbuda Rum Runner and Kraken Coin (BU)

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2024 1 oz EC8 Silver Antigua & Barbuda Rum Runner and Kraken Coin (BU)

The 2024 release cycle marks the seventh year for Scottsdale Mint’s EC8 Series, a collection of gold and silver coins honoring the island nations that participate in the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) system. The series offers new designs each year, with distinctive reverse images for each of the nations. Right now, 2024 1 oz EC8 Silver Antigua & Barbuda Rum Runner and Kraken Coins are available.

Coin Highlights:

• Arrives in protective plastic capsules!
• 7th date in the EC8 Series!
• Rum Runner and Kraken design for Antigua & Barbuda!
• Limited mintage of only 25,000 coins!
• Contains 1 Troy oz of .999 pure silver.
• Bears a face value of Two Dollars (XCD) backed by the ECCB.
• The obverse features the seal of the ECCB.
• On the reverse, a kraken emerges from the water surrounding a rum runner’s ship.

Each of the 2024 1 oz EC8 Silver Antigua & Barbuda Rum Runner and Kraken Coins offered here comes in Brilliant Uncirculated condition. This coin is housed in a protective plastic capsule and comes with proof-like visuals that include slight frost on the designs with mirror-like fields.

The history of rum running in the Caribbean Sea is deeply intertwined with the region’s colonial past and the development of the rum industry itself. Beginning in the 17th century, when sugar plantations proliferated across the Caribbean islands, rum emerged as a valuable byproduct of sugar production. As European powers imposed heavy taxes and trade restrictions on their colonies, smuggling networks developed to circumvent these regulations.

The obverse of the 2024 EC8 Silver Antigua & Barbuda Rum Runner and Kraken Coin comes with an image of the seal of the ECCB. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) serves as the monetary authority for the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union, comprising eight member territories: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

On the reverse of the 2024 1 oz EC8 Silver Rum Runner and Kraken Coin, you’ll find the image of a classic sailing ship under imminent threat from the Kraken. The Kraken myth in the Caribbean Sea represents a fascinating cultural fusion of European sailor lore and indigenous Caribbean mythologies.  Local fishermen, witnessing large squid and octopus species in local waters, incorporated these sightings into existing mythologies, resulting in uniquely Caribbean interpretations of the Kraken legend.