10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth I - Between Pillars, Silver Proof

The Pobjoy Mint has struck commemorative issues for dozens of smaller territories since the 1970s, operating as a private mint under contract rather than a state institution — meaning these pieces exist by commercial arrangement, not monetary necessity. This particular issue commemorates Elizabeth I, whose 1588 defeat of the Spanish Armada remains one of the more mythologized events in English naval history, though weather destroyed the fleet as thoroughly as any English cannon.