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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II Spectacled Bear
| Issuer | British Virgin Islands |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, with drop earring and necklace, as modelled by engraver Raphael David Maklouf; the initials RDM appear on the truncation. The circular legend reads ELIZABETH THE SECOND flanked by dots at upper left and BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS at right, with the date 1993 in the lower exergual area between two raised dots. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The spectacled bear — the only bear species native to South America — had no particular connection to the British Virgin Islands, whose wildlife and geography are purely Caribbean. This coin belongs to a wave of WWF-licensed conservation issues produced through the early 1990s, in which dozens of small dependent territories lent their issuing authority to themed collector series bearing no organic relationship to the subject matter. The arrangement was commercially effective; the ecological relevance was essentially nil.