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1 Crown - Elizabeth II 4th portrait, VE Day
| Issuer | Government of Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, fourth portrait as engraved by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicting the Queen with a diademed and elaborately coiffed head, wearing a necklace and pearl drop earring, with a draped bodice visible at the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left periphery and TRISTAN DA CUNHA along the right, with the date 2005 positioned in the lower field. A fine beaded border runs along the inner rim. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Tristan da Cunha's commemorative program has long leaned on its geographic isolation as a selling point, but the VE Day issues of 2005 — marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe — carried genuine weight for the island. During World War II, the British Royal Navy established a weather and radio station on Tristan, bringing the first significant outside presence to a population that had lived in near-total self-sufficiency since the early 19th century. The islanders themselves contributed to the war effort through that station.