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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Polar Bear
| Issuer | British Virgin Islands |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Engraver(s) | Raphael David Maklouf |
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| Obverse lettering | • ELIZABETH THE SECOND • • • BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS • 1993 RDM |
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| Mint | Franklin Mint (The Franklin Mint), Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States (1964-date) |
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The British Virgin Islands issued a series of wildlife-themed silver pieces in the early 1990s under license arrangements common to many Caribbean territories lacking a domestic minting infrastructure — the polar bear subject having no geographic connection to the islands whatsoever. These were produced squarely for the collector and bullion-adjacent market, never intended for circulation. The Royal Canadian Mint struck polar bear coinage in the same period, which likely influenced the proliferation of the motif across foreign-licensed issues chasing the same buyers.