The problem of offshore drug trafficking in the British Virgin Islands.

So here we have the British Virgin Islander dollar, nominal – 1. The year of issue of this coin is 2012, mint: British Pobjoy Mint, Tadworth, England.

Following the defederation of the Leeward Islands colony in 1956 and the abolition of the office of governor in 1960, the islands became a crown colony. In 1958 the West Indies Federation was established, but the British Virgin Islands declined to join, in order to retain close economic ties with the U.S. islands. Under a constitutional order issued in 1967, the islands were given a ministerial form of government, and H. Lavity Stoutt became the first chief minister.

The constitution was amended in 1977 to permit a greater degree of autonomy in internal affairs. Additional changes in 1994 led to the expansion of the Legislative Council. In the early 1990s illegal drugs became a major concern, as the British Virgin Islands experienced a rise in their trade and usage as well as the diversion of drug-related money through the islands’ financial sector.

The British Overseas Territory Act in 2002, changed the status of the colony to that of overseas territory and granted British citizenship to its people. A new constitution promulgated in 2007 brought greater self-government to the islands.