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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Black-footed Ferrets
| Issuer | British Virgin Islands |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Diameter | 40 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | • ELIZABETH THE SECOND • • • BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS • RDM 1993 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The black-footed ferret was declared extinct in 1979, then dramatically rediscovered in Meeteetse, Wyoming in 1981 when a ranch dog brought one home dead. By 1993, a captive breeding program run by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service had pulled the species back from complete oblivion, with reintroduction into the wild only just beginning. The BVI's involvement is purely commercial — the islands issued dozens of wildlife conservation-themed crowns through the early 1990s under licensing arrangements with the Pobjoy Mint, none of which circulated in any meaningful sense.