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8 Dollars - Elizabeth II 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
| Issuer | British Virgin Islands |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Weight | 1 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicted with a tiara, rendered in high relief against a polished field. The portrait follows the Ian Rank-Broadley design convention as adapted for Pobjoy Mint issues for British Virgin Islands coinage. The peripheral legend reads 'BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS' to the left and 'QUEEN ELIZABETH II' to the right, with the date '2009' positioned at the base. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The FIFA license made these tiny gold issues extraordinarily profitable for issuing territories with no meaningful connection to the tournament. The British Virgin Islands had no team in South Africa 2010 — the BVIFA was not even a FIFA member — making this squarely a numismatic revenue product authorized under FIFA's broad commercial licensing program ahead of the first World Cup held on African soil.