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Reference Number (click to see whole series/group)OV121/26
Extent1 file
TitleBRITISH WEST INDIES: GENERAL
Date3 Sep 1965 - 30 Dec 1966
DescriptionFile of correspondence concerning: the East Caribbean Currency Agreement (ECCA), 1965; note issue and the redemption of British Caribbean Currency Board (BCCB) notes; and matters surrounding the new East Caribbean dollar. Also relates to: appointments to the British Caribbean Currency Board; the dissolution of the BCCB, and the following distribution of the currency surplus account. Further material on: proposals and procedures for the demonetisation of United Kingdom (UK) coin; reissuable notes; the termination of the Regional Council of Ministers; the implications for the East Caribbean Currency Authority of Barbados's independence; and the Authority's new building. Includes: report and correspondence on shortages in packages of notes; copies and extracts of the minutes of the 3rd, 4th and 5th meetings of the board of the ECCA; the ECCA's assets as at October 1965, and their Revenue and Investment policies.
Original ReferenceCBP845_02v13
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