1 Crown - Elizabeth II Auld Lang Syne

Released to mark the turn toward the new millennium, this is one of dozens of themed crowns the Isle of Man Treasury produced throughout the 1990s — a period when the island's mint, Pobjoy, was among the most prolific issuers of commemorative coinage in the British Isles. The volume was deliberate: collector-market revenues contributed meaningfully to Manx public finances, and Pobjoy's relationship with the Treasury generated an almost industrial output of crown-sized pieces targeting thematic niches.

"Auld Lang Syne" was written down by Robert Burns in 1788, adapted from an older Scottish folk song, and sent to the Scots Musical Museum. Its association with New Year's Eve solidified gradually through the 19th century.