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1/25 Crown - Elizabeth II Bicentenary of Birth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Gold Proof Issue
| Issuer | Falkland Islands Government |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | Bicentenary of Birth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel SS Great Britain 1/25 Crown |
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Brunel was born in Portsmouth in 1806 to a French émigré father, Marc Brunel, himself a distinguished engineer who had fled revolutionary France. The 2006 bicentenary prompted a cluster of commemorative issues across multiple minting programs, the Falkland Islands among them — a choice of issuing authority with no particular historical connection to Brunel, reflecting the broader practice of British Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories licensing commemorative themes for revenue.
The .9999 fineness places this above the standard .9167 of traditional British gold coinage.