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½ Buck Buck Island, Eirene; Bronze
| Issuer | Buck Island |
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| Year | 1958 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Contour map of Buck Island depicted in the central field, surrounded by geographic coordinates of the island rendered in degrees, minutes, and seconds. The legend around the periphery includes the island name and the abbreviation for British Virgin Islands. All inscriptions are in Latin script. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Buck Island was a short-lived private issuing authority operating in the late 1950s, and the "Eirene" series takes its name from the Greek personification of peace — an idealistic gesture in the year the series was struck, four years into the nuclear arms race following Sputnik. These issues were never legal tender in any jurisdiction and circulated, if at all, as tokens within a specific private context whose full documentation remains incomplete in standard references.
Lyall #136 is the primary citation for attribution; cross-referencing with other private token catalogs of the period is advisable before finalizing provenance.