The Turks and Caicos Islands adopted the U.S. dollar as official currency in 1973, which makes their crown-denominated issues a curiosity from the outset — struck purely for the collector market, never intended to circulate. This piece belongs to a series commemorating the House of Lancaster, one of several dynastic and royal heritage programs the islands issued through the 1990s to generate collector revenue, a common fiscal strategy among British Overseas Territories with limited economic base.
KM#165 was produced by the Pobjoy Mint, the Surrey-based private mint responsible for the majority of Turks and Caicos commemorative issues during this period.
The Turks and Caicos Islands adopted the U.S. dollar as official currency in 1973, which makes their crown-denominated issues a curiosity from the outset — struck purely for the collector market, never intended to circulate. This piece belongs to a series commemorating the House of Lancaster, one of several dynastic and royal heritage programs the islands issued through the 1990s to generate collector revenue, a common fiscal strategy among British Overseas Territories with limited economic base.
KM#165 was produced by the Pobjoy Mint, the Surrey-based private mint responsible for the majority of Turks and Caicos commemorative issues during this period.