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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Caribbean Sparrow Hawk
| Issuer | British Virgin Islands |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Value | 25 Dollars (25 USD) |
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| Obverse description | The youthful, diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II faces right, rendered in Arnold Machin's classic portrait with finely detailed hair ornamentation. The peripheral legend reads ELIZABETH THE SECOND separated by pellets, with BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS continuing around the right arc. The date 1981 appears in the lower exergual area, flanked by raised dots, against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Reverse description | A Caribbean Sparrow Hawk (Falco sparverius caribaearum) is depicted perched on a bare branch, facing left with beak open and one wing raised, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. A small sprig with leaves appears below the branch in the lower central field. The denomination TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS is inscribed in bold raised lettering along the lower arc, while the fineness legend 500/1000 FINE GOLD appears in smaller characters beneath the bird in the lower central field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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