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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II Cutty Sark
| Issuer | British Virgin Islands |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#263 |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH THE SECOND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 2000 |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Cutty Sark was launched at Dumbarton in 1869, built specifically to compete in the China tea trade at a moment when that trade was already dying — the Suez Canal had opened that same year, giving steamships a decisive route advantage. She never won the race she was designed for. Her most celebrated years came later, running wool from Australia, where she logged 363 miles in a single day in 1885.
By 2000 she was a museum ship at Greenwich, which provided the commemorative hook for this BVI issue.