The second cycle of Scottsdale Mint’s excellent EC8 bullion coin programme continues apace with the second issue of 2019. Like the Antigua & Barbuda Rum Runner coin, this takes exactly the same theme as last years debut, but has a whole new reverse face design. This St Kitts & Nevis release in 2018 featured the Brown Pelican bird as its subject.

Last year had a pretty cool picture of a pelican in flight, but this one is a little more personal to the island with a view of the bird resting in a harbour. It’s a nice scene and one that evokes the Caribbean island life more than a bird in flight ever will. The common obverse is unchanged from last year and is the same across all four variants. All of the these small island nations share a currency and a central bank. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is the official issuer of the Eastern Caribbean Dollar, which is legal tender in the territories of all eight members.

The usual formats on offer, all four of which are an ounce in weight. Gold and silver bullion variants, and gold and silver proof coins with partial colouring. The latter are neatly boxed with a certificate of authenticity, while bullion variants ship in capsules, on customized Scottsdale Mint branded skin boards of five in the case of the silver, and in Scottsdale Mint’s Certi-Lock® packaging in the case of the gold.

Yet to come are Anguilla, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines.