Where to find the British Overseas Territories on this forum

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British Overseas Territories.

The British Overseas Territories are 14 territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom. They are former colonies of the British Empire that either have not been granted independence or else have voted to remain British territories. Unlike the Crown Dependencies, which are located around the coast of Britain, the British Overseas Territories are scattered around the world.

This forum works largely on geographical principles. The British Overseas Territories, therefore, are assigned to the relevant geographical boards and do not have a board of their own. This topic is meant as an aid to locating the British Overseas Territories on this forum. It is posted here because readers sometimes visit this board, expecting to find some of the British Overseas Territories.

Note that topics about the British Overseas Territories are assigned to the most relevant geographical board. For instance, British Antarctic Territory is assigned to the Central and South America board, because there is no board for Antarctica on this forum. Bermuda is assigned to the Caribbean board, even though it is not located in the Caribbean, because culturally it is considered Caribbean and it is close to the Caribbean region.

 

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TOPICS ABOUT THE BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES

TERRITORY	TOPIC
Anguilla	Coinage of the East Caribbean States
Bermuda	Modern coinage of Bermuda
British Antarctic Territory	Collector coins of British Antarctic Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory	Collector coins of British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands: collector coins
Cayman Islands	The coinage of the Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands	Milestones in the decimal coinage of the Falkland Islands
Gibraltar	Milestones in the decimal coinage of Gibraltar
Montserrat	Coinage of the East Caribbean States
Pitcairn Islands	Pitcairn Islands: collector coins
St. Helena and Ascension	Milestones in the decimal coinage of St. Helena-Ascension
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Collector Coins of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Tristan da Cunha	Tristan da Cunha: Collector pieces
Turks and Caicos Islands	Turk and Caicos Islands: collector coins
General	Collector coins of Britain's uninhabited overseas territories

 

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TERRITORY	BOARD
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Italy, Malta, Cyprus and modern Greece
Anguilla	Caribbean
Bermuda	Caribbean
British Antarctic Territory	Central and South America
British Indian Ocean Territory	East Africa
British Virgin Islands	Caribbean
Cayman Islands	Caribbean
Falkland Islands	Central and South America
Gibraltar	Spain, Portugal
Montserrat	Caribbean
Pitcairn Islands	Pacific Islands
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	West Africa
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Central and South America
Turks and Caicos Islands	Caribbean

NOTES

* The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia were retained by the British under the 1960 treaty that granted independence to Cyprus. They include British military bases and installations.

* British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) consists of the Chagos Islands, which were formerly part of the British colony of Mauritius. The United Nations has recently ruled that the UK should return BIOT to Mauritius.

 

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TERRITORY	CURRENCY
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Euro
Anguilla	East Caribbean dollar
Bermuda	Bermudian dollar
British Antarctic Territory	UK pound sterling
British Indian Ocean Territory	UK pound sterling
British Virgin Islands	US dollar
Cayman Islands	Cayman dollar
Falkland Islands	Falkland pound
Gibraltar	Gibraltar pound
Montserrat	East Caribbean dollar
Pitcairn Islands	New Zealand dollar
St. Helena and Ascension	Saint Helena pound
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	UK pound sterling
Tristan da Cunha	UK pound sterling
Turks and Caicos Islands	US dollar

NOTES

* The East Caribbean States are a currency union, which includes the British Overseas Territories of Anguilla and Montserrat.

* Akrotiri and Dhekelia is the only territory that has never issued collector coins in its name.

* The Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, and St. Helena and Ascension also use UK coins and banknotes.

 

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The following topic places the British Overseas Territories in context and demonstrates how the Queen's effigy is used:

The Worldwide Usage of the Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II


Extract:

To understand how and why the Queen’s effigy is used throughout the world today, we must first look at the hierarchy of countries and territories of which Queen Elizabeth II is monarch.

These fall into four categories:

1] The United Kingdom.

2] The Crown Dependencies.

3] The British Overseas Territories.

4] The Commonwealth Realms.


The Queen also has a role as the Head of the Commonwealth.

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This forum works largely on geographical principles.

Okay, understood.

The British Overseas Territories, therefore, are assigned to the relevant geographical boards and do not have a board of their own.

Still, it would be so much easier and much more convenient if they had their own board.

You could consider it the exception to rule #1 

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Still, it would be so much easier and much more convenient if they had their own board.

You could consider it the exception to rule #1 

That would then confuse people looking for them in the geographical boards. My solution has been to create a few transnational topics such as these and place them in the UK boards. Maybe I should create a list of those topics at some point.

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My rule # 1. You can't devise a classification scheme or a structure that doesn't confuse someone.

I have always found the structure here somewhat confusing.
Never the less most of the time I can find what I am looking for.

Dale

That would then confuse people looking for them in the geographical boards. My solution has been to create a few transnational topics such as these and place them in the UK boards. Maybe I should create a list of those topics at some point.