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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Queen Mother and a young Prince Charles
| Issuer | Government of the British Virgin Islands |
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| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicted with a diademed and elaborately coiffed hairstyle and a draped bust. The legend BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS arcs along the upper left periphery, while QUEEN ELIZABETH II curves along the upper right, with the date 2002 positioned at the lower right. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Obverse lettering | BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS QUEEN ELIZABETH II 2002 IRB |
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Issued in the year of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's death at age 101, this coin is one of dozens of commemoratives flooded onto the collector market by British Overseas Territories exercising their right to issue legal tender under Crown authority — a privilege that generates revenue almost entirely from numismatic sales rather than circulation. The British Virgin Islands, like many such territories, contracted the production of pieces like this to the Pobjoy Mint or similar private operators, with the issuing government receiving a licensing fee per coin sold.
The Queen Mother died on 30 March 2002, triggering a wave of memorial issues across Commonwealth mints that year.