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1/2 Crown - Elizabeth II First breeding programme
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed cat is depicted in a crouching posture, its head lowered and turned toward the viewer, sniffing at the base of an open book standing upright in the left portion of the field. The book's pages bear the incuse inscription FIRST BREEDING PROGRAMME / JAPAN / A.D. 999, referencing the earliest recorded feline breeding programme in Japan. A small spider is engraved in the lower left field before the book. The arc legend HISTORY OF THE CAT is inscribed along the upper periphery, while the denomination AU. 1/2 OZ. CROWN and the fineness mark 999.9 appear in the lower field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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