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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Battle of Hafrsfjord
| Issuer | Isle of Man Government |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Composition | Silver plated copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem and a pearl necklace with drop earring, rendered in high relief in the fifth definitive portrait by Jody Clark. The engraver's initials 'JC' appear in the lower left field. The peripheral legend reads 'QUEEN ELIZABETH II · ISLE OF MAN' in the upper arc and '· ONE CROWN · 2017 ·' in the lower arc, separated by raised dots. |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH II · ISLE OF MAN · ONE CROWN · 2017 |
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The Battle of Hafrsfjord, fought circa 872 AD off the southwest coast of Norway, was the engagement through which Harald Fairhair effectively unified Norway under a single king — the first time that had been achieved. The Isle of Man's connection is direct: the Norse who lost that battle, rather than submit to Harald's rule, colonized the Hebrides, Orkney, and Mann, shaping the island's language, legal system, and place names for centuries.
The Manx parliament, Tynwald, traces its institutional origins to the Norse thing assemblies brought by exactly those post-Hafrsfjord settlers.