The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA” or “the Authority”), in partnership with Scottsdale Mint, is proud to unveil the latest additions to the Cayman Islands Numismatic Coin Collection with the 2024 Sea Life Programme.
Read MoreThe Cayman Islands Monetary Authority is pleased to announce the unveiling of our commemorative $70 banknote to honour the one-year anniversary of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and in recognition of her remarkable Platinum Jubilee.
Read MoreThe Cayman Islands Monetary Authority is delighted to launch a new commemorative coin in celebration of its 25th anniversary.
Read MoreThe Cayman Islands National Museum's exhibition galleries are housed in the most historic building in central George Town. About 180 years old, this landmark structure is Cayman's oldest public building and one of the few surviving 19th century buildings on the islands.
Read MoreIn collaboration with the Scottsdale Mint, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority is pleased to announce the unveiling of our commemorative coin in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Read MoreIn 2018, the Cayman Islands celebrate the 60th anniversary of its Coat of Arms.
Read MoreIn 2018, the Cayman Islands celebrate the 60th anniversary of its Coat of Arms.
The one troy ounce of .999 fine silver coin was designed by Celebrate Cayman Committee Project Coordinator Kara Coe and is the second commemorative coin she has designed for the Cayman Islands Government.
Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA” or “the Authority”), together with Scottsdale Mint, is once again proud to reveal the latest additions to the Cayman Islands Atlantic Blue Marlin Coin collection series – the 2018 editions.
Read MoreThe Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA" or “the Authority"), together with Scottsdale Mint, is proud to reveal a new coin named the Cayman Islands Atlantic Blue Marlin Coin.
Read MoreThe Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) was created 1997 from the merger of the Financial Services Supervision Department of the Cayman Islands Government and the Cayman Islands Currency Board. The former responsibilities, duties and activities of these two bodies now fall to CIMA.
Read MoreThroughout her long reign Queen Elizabeth II has depended on the love and support of her husband Prince Philip. The dashing naval cadet and teenage princess, whose courtship enthralled a nation, reached a remarkable milestone in 2007.
Read MoreWhen King George VI visited Dartmouth Naval College with his daughters in 1939 an outstanding young cadet, Philip, was assigned to entertain them. The teenage Elizabeth was instantly impressed.
Read MoreThe Cayman Islands National Heroes Day is the premier national celebration of the heritage and culture of the Islands. Over the past ten years, the events and activities surrounding the day have been used to celebrate a number of core themes.
Read MoreIt was a happy day at Clydeside when The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, launched Royal Yacht Britannia. The name Britannia was the personal choice of The Queen and on 16 April 1953, to defeaning cheers from 30,000 well-wishers.
Read MoreThe Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, in conjunction with the British Royal Mint, has issued a limited mintage numismatic coin set to mark the commencement of the 2009 Cayman Islands Constitution.
Read MoreThe Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, in conjunction with the British Royal Mint, has issued a limited mintage numismatic coin set to mark the commencement of the 2009 Cayman Islands Constitution.
Read MoreThe Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) was formed on 1 January 1997, as a result of an amalgamation of the Cayman Islands Currency Board and the Financial Services Supervision Department.
Read MoreOn 1st July 1969, 4,000 guests, including members of the Royal family, crowded into the medieval walls of Caernarfon Castle to watch the investiture of the twenty-first Prince of Wales.
Read MoreThe Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has authorized the Royal Mint to strike a limited number of silver Proof coins to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus first recorded sighting of the beautiful islands in 1503.
Read MoreThe Cayman Islands Monetary Authority in conjunction with the British Royal Mint has issued a $2 silver proof coin commemorating “Her Majesty the Queen’s Golden Jubilee.??? This coin, which is struck to the highest standard, features St. Edward’s Crown.
Read MoreThe Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, in conjunction with the British Royal Mint, has issued a scalloped-edged $2 silver proof coin commemorating the Millennium.
Read MoreSoon after the Coronation in 1953, and continuing the fulfilment of the pledge of dedication which she made on her twenty-first birthday in 1947, Queen Elizabeth and her husband embarked on a gruelling six-month tour of the Commonwealth.
Read MoreTo mark its establishment, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority commissioned the Royal Mint to strike a limited number of silver Proof $2 coins.
Read MoreContinuing the series of coins with designs featuring some of the species indigenous to the Islands and some now threatened with extinction, the latest, for 1996, depicts the colourful Cayman Parrot, a sub-species of the Cuban Parrot.
Read MoreTo commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Cayman Islands Currency Board, a limited number of silver Proof $2 coins were issued.
Read MoreIn 1996 The Cayman Islands Currency Board issued a $1 silver coin commemorating the Cayman Islands' participation in the 1996 Olympic Games. The coin features the Cayman Islands sail boats, with the words "CAY 1" and "CAY 2" on the sail of each boat.
Read MoreThe Cayman Islands Currency Board issued a limited number of silver proof $5 coins to commemorate the 70th Birthday of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty was born on 26th April 1926.
Read MoreThis coin features the Blue Rock Iguana. A cold blooded reptile, the Blue Rock Iguana, is only active during the day, after surfacing from beneath deep rock crevices to bask in the sunlight, thus keeping its body at an ideal temperature.
Read MoreA limited number of these silver proof coins were issued in 1994 in the continuing series of coins depicting the fascinating flora and fauna distinctive to these beautiful Caribbean Islands.
Read MoreA limited number of $2 silver Proof coins were issued in 1994 to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of "The Wreck of the Ten Sails", a favourite Cayman legend that is based on a tragedy involving ten British ships.
Read MoreA limited number of $50 Gold Proof coins were issued in 1994 to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of "The Wreck of the Ten Sails", a favourite Cayman legend that is based on a tragedy involving ten British ships.
Read MoreFor the second time in the history of the Cayman Islands the people of the Island were graced by the presence of the reigning monarch of Great Britain, her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
Read MoreOn the 2nd June 1953, at Westminster Abbey, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II took the Coronation Oath which binded her to the service of the people of Britain and the Commonwealth.
Read MoreTo commemorate the 1992 Olympic Games, the Currency Board issued a silver proof commermorative coin. The coin portrays a group of cyclists, with the winner as he breaks the banner heading BARCELONA, with the inscription '1992 Olympic Games' framing the riders.
Read MoreIn 1992 the Currency Board issued a $1 silver coin commemorating "Discoveries of the World". The coin features the first recorded Englishman to visit the Cayman Islands, "Sir Francis Drake", together with the Coat of Arms he was granted in 1581.
Read MoreIn 1991 the Cayman Islands Currency Board issued a coin to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Cayman Islands Currency Board and its legal tender.
Read MoreFor the Cayman Islands commemorative tribute to this well loved Lady, a truly exquisite design has been chosen to celebrate the occasion.
Read MoreThis coin features the Green Turtle (chelonian mydas), one of the four species of giant sea turtle to be found in the Caribbean Sea around Cayman..
Read MoreTo commemorate the visit to the Cayman Islands of her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra, The Cayman Islands Currency Board issued a $5 silver and $250 gold coin.
Read MoreThis sporting event which was to become known as the Commonwealth Games was once a mere dream of a certain Mr. Ashley Cooper, who wrote to "The Times" in 1892 and suggested that a regular sports meeting would increase 'the goodwill and understanding between the nations of the Empire'.
Read MoreIn 1985, the Cayman Islands celebrated the 250th Anniversary of the first recorded Royal Land Grant issued by the Crown of the Islands.
Read MoreTo commemorate the historic 25th Anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, The Cayman Islands Currency Board issued a $25 silver and $100 gold coin bearing the Royal Coat of Arms.
Read MoreDaughter of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon, Mary proclaimed herself Queen shortly after the death of her brother Edward VI.
Read MoreHalf sister to Mary, and the daughter of Henry's second wife Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth ruled for 44 years. Now known as the Elizabethan Era, it was an age of discovery, exploration, and the arts.
Read MoreAlthough it was intended that Mary should rule alone, William of Orange, her husband, had other ideas; thus they were eventually declared joint Sovereigns by Parliament.
Read MoreFollowing the death of William III in 1702, Anne succeeded her late sister Mary II to become the last Queen from the House of Stuart at the age of 37.
Read MoreOn becoming Queen in 1837, Victoria was the youngest sovereign Queen in British history and continued to reign for the longest period of any monarch.
Read MoreOn her birth in 1926, it seemed highly unlikely the eldest daughter of the Duke of York would ever become Queen of England, but history will forever show that when called upon to accept the duties of monarch.
Read MoreThe Kings of England Coin Collection is a unique set of ten gold and ten silver coins encompassing the 37 kings of England from the first Anglo Saxon King Edward the Confessor, to the most recent king of the House of Windsor, George VI, the father of the present reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II.
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