What is East Caribbean dollar?
[[File:2000 Eastern Caribbean dollar (5106285076).jpg|thumb|200px|An East Caribbean dollar]] The '''East Caribbean dollar''' ([[currency sign|sign]]: '''$'''; [[ISO 4217|code]]: '''XCD''') is the [[currency]] of eight of the nine members of the [[Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States]] (the exception is the [[British Virgin Islands]]). It has existed since 1965, when it replaced the [[British West Indies dollar]], and it is normally abbreviated with the [[dollar sign]] ''$'' or, alternatively, ''EC$'' to distinguish it from other [[dollar]]-denominated currencies. The EC$ is subdivided into 100 [[cent (currency)|cent]]s. It has been [[Fixed exchange rate|pegged]] to the [[United States dollar]] since 1976 and the exchange rate is currently at US$1 = EC$2.70. ==Members of the Currency Union== Six of the eight countries which use the EC$ are independent ([[Antigua and Barbuda]], [[Dominica]], [[Grenada]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[Saint Lucia]], and [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]). The other two are [[United Kingdom|British]] [[British overseas territories|overseas territories]]: [[Anguilla]] and [[Montserrat]]. All of the countries except Dominica are [[Commonwealth realm]]s. {{Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)|state=autocollapse}} {{North-America-stub}} [[Category:Currency of North America]] [[Category:1965 establishments in North America]]