Posted 05/28/2025 9:54 pm
The currency unit named on the coin, the "crown", is an oddly-defined quasi-currency. The official legal tender currency of the islands is the US dollar (the islands have not issued their own banknotes since 1918), but the government issues coins denominated in "crowns" rather than "dollars", declaring them to be legal tender without actually declaring an exchange rate; although it is not formally defined as such, the existence of well-circulated "quarter-crown" coins the same size as US quarters, implies the crown is actually at 1:1 to the US dollar, rather than the quarter-of-a-British-pound the name "crown" usually implies. Apparently the quarter-crown and half-crown coins were issued for circulation in 1981, and demonetized in 1986.
It's probably more accurate to say that the Osborne Mint made these coins, using the Turks and Caicos Islands as a flag of convenience, then mass-marketed direct to the US public by the mint with few if any of the coins ever reaching the islands.
You would need to ask the Turks and Caicos government whether the coins really are legal tender in the islands, and ask the mint whether they obtained permission to use the world cup logo. Given the slight differences between the actual world cup logo and the one that's printed inside the box, I would suspect the answer to that second question might be "no".
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1) The coin was struck for Turks and Caicos by The Osborne Mint (Ohio).
2) Turks and Caicos was a prolific issuer of non-circulating legal tender (NCLT) commemorative coins in the 1990s; it issued multiple soccer-related coins during the period.
1) The coin was struck for Turks and Caicos by The Osborne Mint (Ohio).
2) Turks and Caicos was a prolific issuer of non-circulating legal tender (NCLT) commemorative coins in the 1990s; it issued multiple soccer-related coins during the period.
It's probably more accurate to say that the Osborne Mint made these coins, using the Turks and Caicos Islands as a flag of convenience, then mass-marketed direct to the US public by the mint with few if any of the coins ever reaching the islands.
You would need to ask the Turks and Caicos government whether the coins really are legal tender in the islands, and ask the mint whether they obtained permission to use the world cup logo. Given the slight differences between the actual world cup logo and the one that's printed inside the box, I would suspect the answer to that second question might be "no".
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