National Heroes Day was established in the Cayman Islands in 2003, replacing the previous Columbus Day public holiday — a politically charged substitution that reoriented the territory's commemorative calendar toward local identity rather than colonial-era figures. This issue appeared a decade after that legislative change.
KM#151 was struck by the Pobjoy Mint under contract, the same British private facility responsible for the bulk of Cayman Islands commemorative coinage throughout this period.
National Heroes Day was established in the Cayman Islands in 2003, replacing the previous Columbus Day public holiday — a politically charged substitution that reoriented the territory's commemorative calendar toward local identity rather than colonial-era figures. This issue appeared a decade after that legislative change.
KM#151 was struck by the Pobjoy Mint under contract, the same British private facility responsible for the bulk of Cayman Islands commemorative coinage throughout this period.