100 Dollars - Elizabeth II 50th Birthday

The British Virgin Islands gained a new constitution in 1967, but commemorative coinage didn't follow until the early 1970s, when the territory began issuing collector pieces largely aimed at the export numismatic market rather than local circulation. This 1976 issue marking Elizabeth II's fiftieth birthday was part of a broader wave of gold commemoratives produced across British territories that year, most struck at the Franklin Mint under contract.

At .900 fine and just over seven grams, the piece sits in a crowded field of near-identical royal birthday issues from Commonwealth jurisdictions — distinguishable primarily by the issuing authority's name.