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1/25 Crown - Elizabeth II Harry looks for the correct key
| Issuer | Isle of Man Government |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicted with a diademed and draped bust after the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait. The peripheral legend reads ELIZABETH II ISLE OF MAN, with the date 2001 positioned at lower right and the engraver's initials IRB appearing below the truncation. A beaded inner border encircles the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicts a scene from Harry Potter in which Harry searches for the correct flying key, rendered with a dynamic composition showing winged keys in flight. The legend HARRY POTTER arcs across the upper field, while the denomination 1/25 CROWN is inscribed in the lower field. The design is contained within a beaded border and reflects the narrative illustrative style characteristic of the Pobjoy Mint's Harry Potter commemorative series. |
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Part of the Isle of Man's long-running series of gold fractional crowns tied to the Harry Potter film franchise, this piece was released to coincide with the 2001 theatrical debut of *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*. The Isle of Man Treasury had been issuing licensed pop-culture coinage aggressively since the 1970s, a revenue strategy that made the island one of the most prolific small-denomination commemorative producers in the British Isles. The KM#1096 attribution places it within a dense cluster of same-year Potter issues across multiple fractions and compositions.