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1/2 Crown - Elizabeth II Florin
| Issuer | Government of Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central design featuring a stylised fleur-de-lis motif composed of two crossed tennis rackets forming the lower arms, with a crowned central stem and ornate finials evoking the traditional heraldic lily form. A small crown device appears in the lower left field. The legend HALF CROWN is inscribed in bold letters along the upper arc of the coin, and a fine beaded border frames the entire design. |
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Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic with a permanent population that has never exceeded 300, issues coins primarily for the collector market — the island has no practical coinage economy of its own. This piece belongs to a series of fractional gold issues produced under license, a format that became commercially ubiquitous among small territorial issuers in the early 2010s. The "Florin" designation is nominally historical, referencing pre-decimal British currency, but carries no transactional meaning here.