The hourglass motif on this issue connects to the BVI's long association with maritime trade and navigation, though the coin itself was produced squarely within the late-1980s commemorative silver boom — a period when dozens of small British territories issued collector pieces through the Pobjoy Mint with virtually no domestic circulation intended. KM#93 is not a coin that ever changed hands in Road Town.
The hourglass motif on this issue connects to the BVI's long association with maritime trade and navigation, though the coin itself was produced squarely within the late-1980s commemorative silver boom — a period when dozens of small British territories issued collector pieces through the Pobjoy Mint with virtually no domestic circulation intended. KM#93 is not a coin that ever changed hands in Road Town.