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1 Crown - Elizabeth II 4th portrait
| Uitgever | Tristan da Cunha |
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| Jaar | 2008 |
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| Gewicht | 25 g |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing a jewelled tiara and pearl drop earring, with a draped neckline. The truncation of the bust is visible at the lower centre of the field. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left periphery, with TRISTAN DA CUNHA inscribed along the right, and the date 2008 appearing at the bottom of the field. The design is surrounded by a continuous beaded border. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Two finely engraved whales depicted in profile, swimming horizontally across the central field, one above the other; the upper whale faces left and the lower whale faces right, both rendered with naturalistic detail including pectoral fins and ventral grooves consistent with baleen whale anatomy. The plain field provides a clean background to the wildlife motif. The denomination legend ONE CROWN is inscribed along the lower periphery in raised letters. The design is enclosed by a beaded border. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic, is the most remote permanently inhabited archipelago on earth — the nearest landmass is Saint Helena, roughly 2,400 kilometers away. The island's entire population was evacuated to England in 1961 following a volcanic eruption, then returned two years later despite British government preference that they stay. Coins issued for Tristan carry collector rather than transactional purpose; the island economy has never meaningfully relied on physical coinage given the near-total absence of commerce infrastructure.