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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Calico Jack Rackham
| Issuer | Government of the British Virgin Islands |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Diameter | 38 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Raphael David Maklouf, depicting the Queen wearing the George IV State Diadem, a drop earring, and a pearl necklace. The legend ELIZABETH THE SECOND arcs along the upper left periphery, while BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS arcs along the upper right. The date 2000, flanked by two raised dots, appears at the base of the design in the lower field. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH THE SECOND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS RDM · 2000 · |
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Calico Jack Rackham was captured in October 1720 off the coast of Jamaica, his crew too drunk to resist — a detail that emerged during his trial in Spanish Town and became part of the public record. He was hanged at Gallows Point, Port Royal, and his body displayed in a gibbet as a warning to other pirates operating in Caribbean waters. The British Virgin Islands issued this coin as part of a broader commemorative series on Golden Age of Piracy figures, a subject that sells well in the tourist and collector markets of the Caribbean basin.