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1/4 Crown - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait
| Issuer | Turks and Caicos Islands |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II D.G.REGINA 1981 |
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| Reverse lettering | TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS QUARTER CROWN |
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The Turks and Caicos Islands adopted the quarter crown as their principal circulation unit in the 1970s, a deliberate break from the US dollar system that had dominated informal commerce on the islands for decades. The crown-based denomination was largely a political statement by the colonial administration, though US dollars remained the currency of daily transactions regardless of what was struck in copper-nickel.
KM#51 corresponds to the Maklouf portrait, introduced across British territories in 1985 — but this piece dates to 1981, when the Machin effigy was still current. Worth confirming the portrait attribution against physical inspection before cataloging further.