10 Dollars - Elizabeth II The Chase to the West Indies

Issued under the British Virgin Islands' long-running commemorative program that licensed the "Discoveries of the New World" theme during the early 2000s, this piece marks the westward Atlantic crossings that brought European contact to the Caribbean — the very waters the BVI sits in. These issues were struck by the Pobjoy Mint under contract, a common arrangement for smaller British territories lacking their own minting infrastructure.