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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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| Composition | Gold (.9999) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicted with a diademed and elaborately coiffed hairstyle, wearing a draped bodice, rendered in the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait style. The effigy occupies the majority of the obverse field against a deeply mirrored proof background. The circumferential legend reads BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS to the left and QUEEN ELIZABETH II 2004 to the right, all in raised Latin lettering. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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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.