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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Imperial Parrot
| Issuer | British Virgin Islands |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed depiction of an Imperial Amazon parrot (Amazona imperialis) perched on a diagonal branch, rendered in high relief with meticulous feather engraving; a tropical bromeliad plant is shown flowering at the right of the branch. The background features a panoramic island landscape with trees and rocky outcrops rendered in low relief. The denomination $25 appears in the left field, and the alloy inscription .925 STERLING is inscribed along the lower right inner border. |
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| Reverse lettering | $25 .925 STERLING |
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The Imperial Amazon parrot (*Amazona imperialis*) is endemic to Dominica and by the early 1990s had been reduced to somewhere between 60 and 250 individuals in the wild, making it one of the rarest parrots on earth. The BVI issued this coin amid a broader Caribbean conservation awareness push that followed CITES listings and regional habitat-loss surveys. Whether the proceeds materially supported any conservation program is less clear than the marketing implied.