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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Snow leopard
| Issuer | British Virgin Islands |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, after the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait, centrally positioned in the field. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation. A circular legend reading BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS • QUEEN ELIZABETH II arcs around the upper periphery, with the date 2014 at lower right. The denomination • 1 DOLLAR • is inscribed along the lower rim, flanked by raised dots. |
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| Obverse lettering | BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS • QUEEN ELIZABETH II 2014 IRB • 1 DOLLAR • |
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The British Virgin Islands has no native snow leopard population, no historical connection to Central Asian fauna, and no plausible reason to issue this coin beyond the wildlife series market that flooded collector channels in the 2010s. Silver-plated copper-nickel pieces of this type were produced in bulk by third-party minting houses — most commonly Pobjoy Mint or B.H. Mayer — under licensing arrangements with dependent territories whose nominal issuing authority lent legal tender status to what were essentially manufactured collectibles.