The Isle of Man's annual cat coin program, running continuously since 1988, has produced more feline varieties than any comparable national series. The Himalayan appeared in the 2005 rotation — a breed that American and British cat fancy associations only formally recognized as distinct from the Colorpoint Persian in the 1950s and 1980s respectively, a classification dispute that still divides registries today.
The Isle of Man's annual cat coin program, running continuously since 1988, has produced more feline varieties than any comparable national series. The Himalayan appeared in the 2005 rotation — a breed that American and British cat fancy associations only formally recognized as distinct from the Colorpoint Persian in the 1950s and 1980s respectively, a classification dispute that still divides registries today.