25 Dollars - Elizabeth II 25th Anniversary of CIMA

Issued to mark the 25th anniversary of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, which was established in 1997 when the territory separated its financial regulatory functions from the government's direct control — a significant structural move for a jurisdiction that had become one of the world's most active offshore financial centres. The commemorative denomination of $25 is unusual; the standard Cayman dollar series runs in denominations that don't include it, making this note a one-off outside the regular circulation framework.

De La Rue's London facility handled production, with security specification kept deliberately modest for a commemorative piece — watermark and thread only, no polymer substrate despite the regional trend toward it.