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| Issuer | British Virgin Islands |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The British Virgin Islands issued a series of silver pieces in the mid-1980s under a royal warrant that permitted the territory to strike collector coinage well beyond its actual monetary needs. Most of these issues went directly to the philatelic and numismatic trade rather than any domestic circulation. The teapot subject belongs to a broader run of culturally themed pieces targeting the gift and souvenir market that briefly flooded the small-nation commemorative sector during this decade.