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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth I
| Issuer | Cayman Islands |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Value | 25 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, engraved in the style of Arnold Machin, with a tiara and loose hair. The legend CAYMAN ISLANDS arcs along the left field and ELIZABETH II along the right field, with the date 1977 positioned in the exergue below the portrait. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession, this Cayman Islands piece is one of several high-denomination crown-sized commemoratives the territory produced through the 1970s under the auspices of the Franklin Mint. The pairing of the two Elizabeths drew on a deliberate genealogical conceit popular in Jubilee-year issues across Commonwealth territories — positioning the reigning monarch within a longer continuum of English sovereign history.
Franklin Mint's involvement in this period brought consistent technical quality but also enormous issue volumes across dozens of client states, which suppressed secondary market premiums almost immediately after release.