Catalog
70 Dollars
| Issuer | Cayman Islands Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Composition | Polymer |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries three vignette portraits of Queen Elizabeth II at different stages of her life — as a young woman at left, in middle age at centre, and in later years at right — rendered in a monochromatic green and gold palette against a fine guilloche background. A central commemorative medallion bearing the royal cypher ER with the dates 1926–2022 is printed in blue and gold intaglio below the portraits. The denomination $70 and SEVENTY DOLLARS appear at lower left and lower right respectively, with the issuer name running across the top. |
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| Protection description | Embedded security thread running vertically through the note; holographic patch at right of obverse; watermark visible when held to light |
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| Comments |
The 70 Dollar denomination was issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, making it a commemorative piece rather than a routine addition to the circulating series. Denominations of this face value are rare in any currency — 70 is not a figure that emerges from practical monetary arithmetic, which is precisely the point. It was never intended as a working note.
De La Rue's Basingstoke plant produced it on polymer substrate, part of the broader industry shift away from cotton-linen paper that the Cayman Islands had already adopted for earlier issues. Polymer survivability largely makes the commemorative argument moot from a preservation standpoint, but the denomination alone ensures most examples went straight into collector hands.