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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Sable
| Issuer | British Virgin Islands |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed naturalistic portrait of a sable (Martes zibellina) dominates the central and right portion of the field, depicted standing in three-quarter view with one forepaw resting on a conifer branch. To the lower left, the circular logo of the Novosibirsk Zoological Park (НЗП) is shown in relief. The legend NOVOSIBIRSK ZOO arcs along the lower left periphery, while the inscription SABLE appears in the upper right field. |
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The sable's inclusion here follows a pattern of BVI wildlife-themed legal tender issues produced primarily for the collector market — these coins never entered general circulation and were distributed exclusively through numismatic channels. The sable itself is native to Siberia and has no ecological connection to the British Virgin Islands whatsoever, which places this squarely in the category of themed bullion-adjacent issues where the issuing territory is largely incidental to the subject matter.