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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Dolphin, Gold Proof
| Issuer | British Virgin Islands |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed bottlenose dolphin is depicted in dynamic motion, its body arching in a near-circular curve across the central field, with air bubbles rising around it. To the lower left and right, clusters of branching coral reef formations occupy the exergual area, rendered with naturalistic detail against a deeply mirrored proof field. The denomination $10 appears in raised relief below the reef elements at the base of the design, with the purity and metal designation 999.9 Au inscribed in the field. |
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| Mintage | 2004 - Proof - 10,000 |
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The British Virgin Islands has issued commemorative gold coinage under royal warrant since the early 1970s, largely as a revenue instrument for the territorial government rather than for any circulating monetary purpose. These fractional gold pieces — this one a tenth-ounce equivalent — were produced primarily for the collector market, sold at premiums well above melt and never intended to reach a cash register.
KM#288 is one of several wildlife-themed issues from the 2004 program, a year that saw the BVI mint authority contract heavily into marine species subjects.