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1/5 Crown - Elizabeth II Figure skater, speed skater and skier
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Currency | Crown (1970-date) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | WINTER OLYMPICS · NAGANO Au 999.9 1/5 CROWN |
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The Isle of Man's Treasury has long operated as an aggressive issuer of collector-targeted gold, and this 1998 piece is a product of that strategy — timed to the Nagano Winter Olympics, where figure skating drew its largest global television audience to that point. The Manx government held a royal warrant permitting independent coinage, giving it latitude to issue thematic pieces well outside the scope of ordinary British dependencies.
KM#848 is one of several fractional gold pieces from this series, each tied to a specific event grouping rather than issued as a unified set — a deliberate marketing structure that encouraged incremental purchasing.