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1 Dollar Diego Garcia
| Issuer | United States military bases |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Composition | Silver plated brass |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the coat of arms of U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia, featuring a heraldic shield bearing an anchor, a map of the atoll, and the flags of the United Kingdom and the United States. A spread-winged American eagle surmounts the shield. A single five-pointed star appears in the upper field above the eagle, with the date 2016 inscribed below the star. The encircling legend reads U.S. NAVY SUPPORT FACILITY DIEGO GARCIA along the left and right periphery. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Diego Garcia is a British Indian Ocean Territory leased to the United States under a 1966 agreement that forcibly displaced the entire Chagossian population — roughly 2,000 people — to make way for a joint military installation. These base tokens circulate exclusively within the perimeter of that installation, functioning as a closed monetary system unrecognized by any central bank. The legal status of the base itself has been contested in international court, most recently when the International Court of Justice ruled in 2019 that the UK's continued administration of the Chagos Islands violates international law.