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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Queen Anne
| Issuer | Cayman Islands |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing a tiara, rendered in high relief in proof finish. The legend CAYMAN ISLANDS arcs along the left periphery and ELIZABETH II along the right periphery. The date 1977 appears in the lower exergue below the effigy. The portrait is executed in a youthful style consistent with the Arnold Machin effigy used on Commonwealth coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II, this coin's nominal subject — Queen Anne — references the 1670 grant by which Charles II assigned the Cayman Islands to the Governor of Jamaica, a jurisdictional arrangement that persisted until 1962 when the islands chose to remain a British dependency rather than join the newly independent Jamaica. That decision, unusual enough to attract comment at the time, is the direct reason the Cayman Islands still issue coins under the Crown today.