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1 Crown - Elizabeth II 80th Birthday, 4th Portrait
| Issuer | Nightingale Island |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Diameter | 38.6 mm |
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| Obverse description | Fourth-portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, facing right, diademed and draped, wearing drop earrings and a pearl necklace with decorative robes visible at the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II flanks the effigy on the left, NIGHTINGALE ISLAND arcs along the right periphery, and the date 2006 appears in the lower field. A beaded inner border runs around the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | Central effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, set within an ornate hexagonal frame decorated with interlaced Celtic knotwork pattern. The commemorative legend COMMEMORATING THE 80TH BIRTHDAY OF H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II arcs around the upper periphery, while the denomination ONE CROWN appears in the lower field below the central motif. A beaded border frames the entire reverse design. |
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Nightingale Island is one of the remotest inhabited places on earth — part of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago in the South Atlantic, roughly 2,400 kilometres from the nearest continent. It has no permanent population of its own, only occasional fishing parties from Tristan. Coins issued under its name are a philatelic-numismatic curiosity, struck not for circulation but to generate revenue for the Tristan da Cunha administration, which has used collectible issues since the 1950s to supplement an otherwise cash-poor economy.
The fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, by Ian Rank-Broadley, was adopted across most Commonwealth territories from 1998 onward.