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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II U.S.S. Constitution
| Issuer | British Virgin Islands |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, rendered in the third definitive portrait by Raphael Maklouf. The truncation of the bust is bare, and the Queen is depicted wearing a pearl drop earring and pearl necklace. The peripheral legend reads ELIZABETH THE SECOND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, with the date 2000 appearing in the lower field flanked by two small dots. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH THE SECOND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ∙2000∙ |
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The USS Constitution entered service in 1797 and famously earned her nickname "Old Ironsides" during the War of 1812, when British shot appeared to bounce off her oak hull. She remains the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat, berthed in Boston. This BVI issue appeared as part of the wave of commemorative silver struck for the collector market around the turn of the millennium — a period when Caribbean territories flooded the market with themed pieces under royal portrait authority, most seeing no domestic circulation whatsoever.