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25 Dollars
| Issuer | Cayman Islands Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company |
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| Obverse description | At right, a three-quarter portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is set against a warm gold and orange guilloche underprint with fine latticework patterning; at left, a holographic security patch overlays a central vignette of assorted local marine shells representing the three Cayman Islands. The issuer name "Cayman Islands Monetary Authority" arcs across the top, with the denomination "$25" in large numerals at lower left and upper right, and two facsimile signatures together with legal tender text printed below the shell vignette. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a hawksbill sea turtle in naturalistic colour, swimming above a coral reef populated by tropical fish against a turquoise background, framed by diagonal geometric bands of brown and tan guilloche work. The issuer name appears at top, with "$25" at lower left and "Twenty Five Dollars" at lower right; a see-through registration device is positioned at lower right, and a subsidiary shell vignette occupies the upper left. |
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The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has issued in CI dollars since 1972, when the islands broke from the Jamaica Dollar to establish their own currency — a move tied directly to the territory's rapid development as an offshore financial centre. De La Rue has handled Cayman currency production throughout virtually the entire lifespan of the series, an unusually long and uninterrupted printing relationship for a small dependent territory.
P#45 is part of the 2022 series refresh, which introduced updated security architecture across all denominations. The CI Dollar remains pegged to the US Dollar at 1.20 USD, a rate unchanged since 1974.