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| Issuer | Tristan da Cunha |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central colourised photographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing left, wearing the Imperial State Crown, set within a decorative circular frame of beading and stylised floral and heraldic ornaments including thistles, roses, and shamrocks, with the royal cipher ER surmounted by a crown at the top of the inner border. The circumferential legend STATE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT • QUEEN ELIZABETH II runs along the upper arc, and the denomination ONE CROWN appears at the base of the field. |
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Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic with a permanent population of around 250, issues commemorative coinage largely as a revenue exercise — the coins rarely if ever circulate on the island itself. This piece marks two simultaneous occasions: Elizabeth II's 90th birthday and the State Opening of Parliament, both occurring in 2016. Combining two distinct ceremonial events onto a single issue was a deliberate commercial decision to maximize collector appeal rather than any meaningful constitutional connection between the two.